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The Colors Within
2024

The Colors Within

Australian Premiere.

In this serenely beautiful anime with a charming soundtrack, a trio of sensitive, misfit teenagers all have a secret. Totsuko can see others as a colours, Kimi hides she has dropped out of school and Rui does not want to be a doctor. They form a band, and together write the songs and music, which begins to set them free to be themselves.

Director

Naoko Yamada

Runtime

101 Minutes

Country

Japan

Classification

All Ages

From the director of A Silent Voice, a serenely beautiful coming of age anime bursting with colour and song. A trio of misfits find each other.

From the director of the acclaimed A Silent Voice, a new coming-of-age ‘lofi girl’ anime bursting with colour and music. A trio of sensitive misfits find the friendship and support they need when they form a band.

Pure-hearted Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see others as colours. Fellow student Kimi has dropped out of school but still pretends to attend for her grandmother’s sake, while actually working at a bookshop during the day. Totsuko thinks Kimi gives off the most beautiful colour of all.

City-based they form a band with Rui, living on an island, who dreams of being a musician but is scared to break with the family tradition of being the island’ s family doctor. Catching a ferry on the weekends, the girls join Rui in secret in the island’s old church to write songs and make music. The three form a stirring, affectionate friendships and through music they overcome the pressure of their teenage years. They find the courage to ask their parents and guardians to be allowed to have their own dreams.

Composer Kensuke Ushio blends a low-fi soundtrack with beautiful animation from Takashi Kojima to create a tranquil, serene anime.

"The Colours Within is a strikingly lovely piece of 2D animation. It's as sweet as its candy-store colour palette, but there's emotional nourishment in the film’s delicate handling of teen angst and loneliness."

Screen Daily

Annecy, Melbourne

Film Credits

Director

Naoko Yamada

Year

2024

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Subtitles

English

Type

AnimationFeature & Fiction

Program Strand

Animation & World Cinema

Producer

Yoshihiro FurusawaEunyoung ChoiGenki Kawamura & Kôhei Sakita

Writer

Reiko Yoshida

Editor

Kiyoshi Hirose

Cast

Sayu SuzukawaAkari Takaishi & Taisei Kido

Music

Kensuke Ushio

Film Source

Kismet Movies

Genre

AnimationAsia & Coming of Age

Purchase Tickets

Thursday 24 Oct 2024

07:30 pm

The Colors Within

Palace Nova Eastend:

Palace Nova Eastend Cinema 8

Saturday 2 Nov 2024

03:00 pm

The Colors Within

The Piccadilly:

The Piccadilly: Cinema 3

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