Oscar Nominated Shorts: Animation— Reviewed
The 92nd Academy Awards had many strong contenders for best animated short. But which Oscar nominated short wins for diversity and inclusion?
The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
Mika works as a nurse by day; by night she entertains covetous men at a girls' bar. Shinji is blind in one eye and ekes out a living as a construction worker. Young and grown-up at the same time, they both lead a lonely existence, but somehow their paths keep miraculously crossing under the Tokyo sky.
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Mika works as a nurse by day; by night she entertains covetous men at a girls' bar. Shinji is blind in one eye and ekes out a living as a construction worker. Young and grown-up at the same time, they both lead a lonely existence, but somehow their paths keep miraculously crossing under the Tokyo sky.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Yuya Ishii
In Theaters:
Box Office:$59,989
Runtime:108 minutes
Studio:Little More, TV Tokyo, Film Makers, Tokyo Theatres Company, Pony Canyon, The Asahi Shimbun
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