The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
2017 1h 48m movie Film Japan

The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue

夜空はいつでも最高密度の青色だ

Synopsis

夜空はいつでも最高密度の青色だ

Mika works as a nurse by day; by night she entertains covetous men at a girls’ bar. Shinji is blind in one eye and ekes out a living as a construction worker. Young and grown-up at the same time, they both lead a lonely existence, but somehow their paths keep miraculously crossing under the Tokyo sky. Can loneliness be experienced together?

The 2016–2018 Japan Window

602 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue sits at position #507.

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    #1

    The Relative Worlds

    ★ 9.1 · 2017

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    #2

    Sonic Mania Adventures

    ★ 9.0 · 2018

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    #3

    My Korean Teacher

    ★ 8.8 · 2016

  4. My Hero Academia
    #4

    My Hero Academia

    ★ 8.7 · 2016

  5. DARLING in the FRANXX
    #5

    DARLING in the FRANXX

    ★ 8.6 · 2018

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    #6

    KONOSUBA – God's blessing on this wonderful world!!

    ★ 8.6 · 2016

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    #7

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    ★ 8.6 · 2018

  8. Mob Psycho 100
    #8

    Mob Psycho 100

    ★ 8.6 · 2016

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.2
TMDB Rating
17
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,633 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (21st percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.7 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,599 of 1,933 (top 83%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Little More, TV Tokyo
Runtime 1h 48m
Release Date February 13, 2017
IMDb tt5931802

Themes & Motifs

  • romance
  • tokyo
  • japan
  • love interest
  • young love
  • chance meeting
  • encounters

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