Pink and Gray
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Kanji | ピンクとグレー | ||||
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Directed by | Isao Yukisada | ||||
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Running time | 119 minutes[1] | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese | ||||
Box office | US$4.2 million (Japan) |
Pink and Gray (ピンクとグレー, Pinku to gurē) is a 2016 Japanese
Plot
The film opens with the suicide of Shingo Suzuki and the subsequent discovery of his body by his best friend, Daiki Kawada, who informs their mutual friend Sari Ishikawa before he reports the event to the authorities. The film then cuts to fourteen years earlier, on the day Daiki first met Shingo.
Coming from the
Daiki and Shingo move to Tokyo after high school graduation and are scouted by a modeling agency, which introduces them to the showbiz world. They reunite with Sally and choose to live next door to her. As time goes on, it is apparent that Shingo, who adopts the stage name "Rengo Shiraki", is the more talented of the duo. The two friends begin to drift apart as Daiki accuses Shingo of distancing himself from his friends in favor of the life of a celebrity. Eventually, they separate and have no contact for three years, during which Daiki and Sally become a couple, until their high school reunion. The two have a drink and exchange each other a lighter. Shingo promises that he will soon make Daiki famous; in exchange, he wants Daiki to take care of Sally. As he is drunk, Daiki accepts the promise but does not remember it the next day. To his horror, he finds out that Shingo fulfills the promise by committing suicide and passing his identity to Daiki.
It is revealed that all previous events of the film are a
Dai returns to Saitama to meet with Shingo's mother, who gives him a tape recorded just before Yui's fatal performance. He is shocked to find that the event was not an accident: Yui had considered a
The film ends with Dai running towards a billboard memorializing Shingo. He throws Shingo's lighter towards it and says "Take that".
Cast
- Yuto Nakajima[1] as Dai Kawatori/"Shingo Suzuki"
- Masaki Suda[1] as Ryo Naruse/"Daiki Kawada"
- Kaho[1] as Rei Mikami/"Sari Ishikawa"
- Yukino Kishii as Sari Ishikawa
- Yūya Yagiraas Shingo Suzuki
- Ryoko Kobayashi as Yui Suzuki
- Tetsuya Chiba as Koizumi
Reception
On its opening weekend in Japan the film grossed ¥102,127,000 and was seventh placed in admissions, with 76,759.[2] On its second weekend, it was eight in gross, with US$515,175[3] and ninth in admissions.[4] As of February 7, 2016, the film had grossed US$4.2 million in Japan.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "ピンクとグレー(2015)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ a b "Japan Box Office Report – 1/9~1/10". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. January 12, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ "Japan Box Office January 16–17, 2016". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ "Japan Box Office Report – 1/9~1/10". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. January 18, 2016. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
- ^ "Pink & Gray". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Pink and Gray at IMDb