As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of "Senpai", a senior student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her in an effort to win her heart.

Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017)

An epic night out on the town filled with chance encounters and strange romance.

★ 7.4/10 April 7, 2017 93 min

AnimationComedyFantasyRomance

Director: Masaaki Yuasa  ·  Writer: Makoto Ueda

As a group of university students go out for a night on the town, a sophomore known only as "The Girl with Black Hair" experiences a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife – all the while unaware of the romantic longings of "Senpai", a senior student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her in an effort to win her heart.

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Director

Masaaki Yuasa

Cast

Gen Hoshino Senpai (voice) Kana Hanazawa The Girl with Black Hair (voice) Ami Koshimizu Naoko (voice) Aoi Yuuki Princess Daruma (voice) Hiroshi Kamiya Director of School Festival Operations (voice) Chikara Honda Bookstore Shopkeeper Gabi (voice) Hiroyuki Yoshino God of the Old Books Market (voice) Junichi Suwabe Nise-Jōgasaki (voice) Kazuhiro Yamaji Todo (voice) Kazuya Nakai Seitarō Higuchi (voice) Mugihito Ri Haku (voice) Nobuyuki Hiyama Johnny (voice)