Aoi Shushi wa Taiyou no Naka ni Aru

In the summer of 1963, flats of modern construction begin to be built in the slums where vagrants and women of the night gather. The city hall's plan is to house the slum dwellers in cultural housing, complete with gas and running water. Kenji, a construction worker, and Yumiko, a waitress at a late-night rest house, meet in the slum, but only at dusk. One day, a Korean worker falls from scaffolding at an apartment building site and dies. The site supervisor and city hall workers bury the corpse in the concrete foundations of the apartment building...

Directed by Yukio Ninagawa, Aoi Shushi wa Taiyou no Naka ni Aru leans on a strong ensemble — Kazuya Kamenashi, Mitsuki Takahata, Naomasa Musaka — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 2015.