Blue Giant (2023)
Witness the origin of the next great jazz legend.
Director: Yuzuru Tachikawa · Writer: NUMBER 8
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.
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Director
Yuzuru Tachikawa
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) User Reviews (1)
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 longer and their friendship starts to strain a bit (the visitor snores!). "Dai" visits a small bar and meets the jazz-loving owner "Akiko" who sends him to a live venue where he encounters the pianist "Sawabe" whom he tries to convince to form a band. They are both eighteen but the latter man has been playing for about fourteen years longer than his new friend, so is a little sceptical! That doesn't last long once he hears him play and they soon decide they need a drummer to keep both from straying i…
