Between the White Key and the Black Key

In an audacious reworking of the biopic, this ensemble drama sees jazz pianist Minami Hiroshi’s memoir cleverly reinterpreted into a surreal and playful story about chasing dreams, disillusionment and the inner lives of professional artists. Closer to playing two sides of the same coin than tackling a dual role, Ikematsu Sosuke embodies two versions of Minami – the naïve upstart and the jaded pro – who magically cross paths as they become entangled with a cast of colourful characters in the seedy alleyways and jazz clubs of Ginza over a single night.

• Tomoyuki TakahashiScreenplay
• Masanori TominagaScreenplay
• Masanori TominagaDirector

• Sosuke IkematsuHiroshi Minami
• Riisa NakaChikako
• Go MoritaMysterious Man
• Kazuya TakahashiMiki
• Crystal KayRisa
• Takashi MatsuoKumano
• Kei MatsumaruCast
• Yohta KawaseSone
• Shiro SanoTakumi
• Yoriko DoguchiMinami's Mother
• Kurumi NakayamaCast
• Hikohiko SugiyamaCast