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Flying Colors

Original title: Birigyaru
  • 20152015
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
3.3K
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Flying Colors (2015)
Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.
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Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
3.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Nobuhiro Doi
  • Writers
    • Hiroshi Hashimoto(screenplay)
    • Nobutaka Tsubota(based on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Kasumi Arimura
    • Nanami Abe
    • Morio Agata
Top credits
  • Director
    • Nobuhiro Doi
  • Writers
    • Hiroshi Hashimoto(screenplay)
    • Nobutaka Tsubota(based on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Kasumi Arimura
    • Nanami Abe
    • Morio Agata
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 17User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 4 nominations

    Videos1

    Trailer
    Trailer 1:29
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    Photos20

    Atsushi Itô and Kasumi Arimura in Flying Colors (2015)
    Tetsushi Tanaka, Yô Yoshida, Kasumi Arimura, Yûhei Ohuchida, and Kokoro Okuda in Flying Colors (2015)
    Honami Kurashita, Kasumi Arimura, Nanami Abe, and Airi Matsui in Flying Colors (2015)
    Shûhei Nomura in Flying Colors (2015)
    Kasumi Arimura in Flying Colors (2015)
    Kasumi Arimura in Flying Colors (2015)
    Kasumi Arimura in Flying Colors (2015)
    Kasumi Arimura in Flying Colors (2015)
    Flying Colors (2015)
    Flying Colors (2015)
    Flying Colors (2015)
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    Top cast

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    Kasumi Arimura
    Kasumi Arimura
    • Sayaka Kudoas Sayaka Kudo
    Nanami Abe
    • Sayaka's friend Yuias Sayaka's friend Yui
    Morio Agata
    • Cram-school's presidentas Cram-school's president
    Atsushi Itô
    • Tsubota-Senseias Tsubota-Sensei
    Honami Kurashita
    • Sayaka's friend Makias Sayaka's friend Maki
    Airi Matsui
    • Sayaka's friend Mikaas Sayaka's friend Mika
    Rie Minemura
    Yasuhi Nakamura
    Maharu Nemoto
    • Sayaka Kudo (child)as Sayaka Kudo (child)
    Shûhei Nomura
    • Reijias Reiji
    Yûhei Ohuchida
    • Sayaka's younger brotheras Sayaka's younger brother
    Kokoro Okuda
    • Mayumi Kudo (Sayaka's younger sister)as Mayumi Kudo (Sayaka's younger sister)
    Tetsushi Tanaka
    • Toru Kudoas Toru Kudo
    Ken'ichi Yajima
    Ken'ichi Yajima
    Mochika Yamada
    • 12 years old Sayakaas 12 years old Sayaka
    Ken Yasuda
    Ken Yasuda
    • Takashi-senseias Takashi-sensei
    Yô Yoshida
    Yô Yoshida
    • Akari Kudoas Akari Kudo
    • Director
      • Nobuhiro Doi
    • Writers
      • Hiroshi Hashimoto(screenplay)
      • Nobutaka Tsubota(based on the novel by)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The novel that this movie based on is a true story about the author himself Nobutaka Tsubota, who runs a private institute, and his student Sayaka Kobayashi.
    • Crazy credits
      The cast is seen during different scenes singing together in groups along with the closing theme song.

    User reviews17

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    Top review
    8/10
    Great family movie...
    It was a very heartwarming and touching family movie. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this movie. It managed to truly touch the real family life....the great expectation the parents have on their kids.

    Really worth spending almost 2 hours watching this movie.
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    • smarties2k
    • Oct 7, 2019

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 1, 2015 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Flying Colours
    • Filming locations
      • Sakae, Nagoya, Japan
    • Production companies
      • Asahi Shimbun
      • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
      • Dentsu
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $28,525,563
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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