Sunset Sunrise Standard Edition Blu-ray

A temporary move becomes an unexpected new life in Sunset Sunrise, a human comedy starring Masaki Suda. Director Yoshiyuki Kishi and screenwriter Kankuro Kudo adapt Shuhei Nire's novel, bringing humour and warmth to a story about a city newcomer and the people of Minamisanriku in Miyagi. Beneath their encounters lie the realities of the pandemic, rural depopulation and the aftermath of the earthquake.

In 2020, remote working gives fishing enthusiast Shinsaku the chance to leave Tokyo. A spacious four-bedroom home with living, dining and kitchen areas costs just 60,000 yen a month, and the nearby sea makes the offer irresistible. He begins an easygoing trial relocation, spending his breaks fishing. The townspeople are less relaxed about an outsider arriving from the capital. Their close attention and lack of distance initially unsettle him, but his positive outlook and willingness to act gradually draw him into the community. The life waiting for him is nothing like the one he imagined.

Suda leads a cast featuring Mao Inoue, Pistol Takehara, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Masao Yoshii, Sawako Fujima, Mizuki Kayashima, Kazuko Shirakawa, Beat Kiyoshi, Kazuaki Hankai, Tomu Miyazaki, Yusuke Shoji, Takashi Matsuo, Ken Miyake, Chizuru Ikewaki, Fumiyo Kohinata and Masatoshi Nakamura. Shohei Amimori composed the music, and Ichiko Aoba contributes the theme song.

This standard edition contains the 139-minute film, approximately four minutes of trailers and a leaflet. Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio is available in 5.1 and 2.0, alongside a Japanese 2.0 audio-description track. English subtitles and Japanese accessibility subtitles are included.