, also known as ''Tonight, at the Movies'', is a Japanese romantic-fantasy film starring

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and Kentaro Sakaguchi, with original screenplay by Keisuke Uyama and direction by

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. It premiered in Japan on 10 February 2018.

Synopsis

The film follows the story of a young filmmaker named Kenji (Sakaguchi) and a heroine from a

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called Princess Miyuki (Ayase). As an aspiring director, Kenji dreamed of meeting his favourite star of the bygone '60s retro film, Princess Miyuki. Kenji is attracted to Miyuki, who appears in monochrome while he resides in the colorful real world. Through a bizarre twist of fate, Miyuki jumps out of the silver screen and joins Kenji in a world filled with colour—and she's even ballsy off screen.

Cast

Main

as Miyuki * Kentaro Sakaguchi as Kenji

Supporting

* Tsubasa Honda as Toko Naruse * Kazuki Kitamura as Ryunosuke Shundo *

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as Shintaro Yamanaka * Anna Ishibashi *Tokuma Nishioka *

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as Tadashi Honda *

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as old Kenji

Reception

Box office

The film was premiered in 298 screens and opened at #1 in the box office with 193,000 admissions. By its seventh week, it had earned ¥1 billion () domestically.

Adaptations

In January 2022 the film was adapted by the Takarazuka revue for the stage. A moon troupe production, the play was led by current moon troupe stars Kanato Tsukishiro as Kenji, and Mitsuki Umino as Miyuki.

References

External links

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''Tonight, at the Movies''
on

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