My Technicolor Girl (2016): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2016, My Technicolor Girl is a drama and romance film directed by Rei Sakamoto, running about 71 minutes.

What it’s about. Nagano has had a sickness of the heart for 40 years and has been hospitalized at the mental hospital in Fukushima. However, during the evacuation when the Great East Japan Earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, knowing that he’s already completely healed, he makes his way back out to into the world. Having been hospitalized from when he was in his teens until his fifties, his story is like that of Urashima Taro, the Japanese fisherman who went beneath the sea as a young man and returned to an unfamiliar world. However, his heart from long ago is for the first time full of feelings to meet the woman he loved. Before long, Nagano learns that the woman has taken refuge in Tokyo and lives with her son and his wife, and sets out on a bike headed for Tokyo.

Who’s in it. My Technicolor Girl stars Kazuhiro Sano as Nagano, Kiyomi Itō as Sachiko, Takeshi Itō and Maki Nishiyama as Fuko, among others.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch My Technicolor Girl page.

If you liked it. Fans of My Technicolor Girl tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.