Blue Giant

“Witness the origin of the next great jazz legend.”

7.8(80)20232h 0m

AnimationDramaMusic

High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, Dai will find that the life of a professional musician isn’t for the faint of heart, as he must confront what it truly means to be great.

Director

Yuzuru Tachikawa

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Cast

Yuki Yamada

Dai Miyamoto (voice)

Shotaro Mamiya

Yukinori Sawabe (voice)

Amane Okayama

Shunji Tamada (voice)

Yusuke Kondoh

Masayuki Miyamoto (voice)

Mirei Suda

Ayaka Miyamoto (voice)

Kenji Nomura

Yui (voice)

Hiroki Touchi

Tyra (voice)

Yutaka Aoyama

Kawakita (voice)

Masayuki Kato

Isogai (voice)

Sayaka Kinoshita

Akiko (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Amanuma (voice)

Go Shinomiya

Uchiyama (voice)

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

2y ago

7.0

I very nearly didn't make the 30-mile schlep to my local Cineworld to watch this film but I'm really glad I did. It's not about a whale, no. It's about the aspirational saxophonist "Dai" who heads to Tokyo with dreams of taking over the world. He arrives, unannounced, on the doorstep of his friend "Tamada" looking for a bed for a few days. Needless to say, that few days turns out to be a bit longe...