Midnight Sun (2006 film)
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| Directed by | Norihiro Koizumi |
| Written by | Kenji Bandō |
| Starring |
Yui Takashi Tsukamoto Kuniko Asagi Goro Kishitani Sogen Tanaka Airi Toyama |
| Music by | Yui |
| Distributed by | Shochiku Co.,Ltd. (Japan) |
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Release date
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June 17, 2006 (Japan) |
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Running time
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119 min. |
| Language | Japanese |
Song to the Sun, known in Japan as Taiyō no Uta (タイヨウのうた Song of the Sun?), is a movie directed by Norihiro Koizumi starring the Japanese artist and singer Yui. In the movie, she plays the role of Kaoru Amane (雨音 薫 Amane Kaoru), a 16-year-old girl who has the rare skin condition xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), a disease that makes the ultraviolet radiation of sunlight potentially lethal to her. Yui's character is partly based on herself, as she is a singer and guitarist, and she performs three of Yui's songs in the movie; "It's Happy Line", "Good-bye Days" and "Skyline". There has been a 2006 Japanese TV drama starring Takayuki Yamada and Erika Sawajiri, a manga by Bandō Kenji and Minatsuki Tsunami, a 2015 Vietnamese / Japanese drama, and a 2017 American remake, all based on the movie.
Kaoru has Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), and is not allowed to be exposed to sunlight. She sleeps during the day and is active at night. She busks every night in front of a station playing guitar. Outside her bedroom window, she spots a high school boy with a surfboard. She watches him and his friends visit the ocean every morning, before going to sleep. One day, she introduces herself to him without letting him know about her illness. He is Kōji Fujishiro (Takashi Tsukamoto) When her friend drags her home, they sit by her window while they watch Kōji meet his friends. Kaoru explains everything, and her friend notes that she probably goes to the same school as him, and offers to spy on him for her.
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