Blue Giant

Blue Giant

120 mins | Drama, Animation, Music | Feb. 17, 2023

Dai Miyamoto's life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. A former high school basketball player, Dai picks up a saxophone and begins practicing day and night, determined to become one of the greatest of all time. He leaves his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, but soon finds the life of a professional musician is not for the faint of heart. His passion eventually wins over the cocky but talented pianist Yukinori, and after Dai convinces his friend Shunji to learn the drums, they launch a new jazz trio whose rough sound contains a raw energy that quickly wins attention from local audiences. But what does it take to truly be great?

Blue Giant

120 mins | Drama, Animation, Music | Feb. 17, 2023

Blue Giant
Dai Miyamoto's life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. A former high school basketball player, Dai picks up a saxophone and begins practicing day and night, determined to become one of the greatest of all time. He leaves his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, but soon finds the life of a professional musician is not for the faint of heart. His passion eventually wins over the cocky but talented pianist Yukinori, and after Dai convinces his friend Shunji to learn the drums, they launch a new jazz trio whose rough sound contains a raw energy that quickly wins attention from local audiences. But what does it take to truly be great?
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Toho Company, Ltd., NUT
Original title BLUE GIANT
Directors Koyo Ogata, Koyo Ogata, Satoshi Matsubara, Hiromatsu Shu, Kei Miura, Yuki Nishibata, Takayuki Yamamoto, Satoshi Kimura, Yuzuru Tachikawa
Writers NUMBER 8, Shinichi Ishizuka

Cast

Yuki Yamada

as Dai Miyamoto (voice)

Shotaro Mamiya

as Yukinori Sawabe (voice)

Amane Okayama

as Shunji Tamada (voice)