Movie

Blue Giant

2023 · 120 min

A soaring, earnest coming-of-age story where the music swells and the struggle to be great feels genuinely stirring.

Tagline: Witness the origin of the next great jazz legend.
Overview: 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.
How it feels: Earnest, uplifting, warm and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Ambition, coming-of-age, music, obsession
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
coming-of-age
music
obsession
identity
Places: big city
small town
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none