Color Me True

Color Me True (Japanese: 今夜、ロマンス劇場で, Hepburn: Konya, Romansu Gekijo de), also known as Tonight, at the Movies, is a Japanese romantic-fantasy film starring Haruka Ayase and Kentaro Sakaguchi, with original screenplay by Keisuke Uyama and direction by Hideki Takeuchi. It premiered in Japan on 10 February 2018.^[1]

Color Me True
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji	今夜、ロマンス劇場で
Literal meaning	Tonight, at Romance Theater
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Konya, Romansu Gekijo de
Directed by	Hideki Takeuchi
Written by	Keisuke Uyama
Produced by	Juichi Uehara
Starring	Haruka Ayase Kentaro Sakaguchi
Cinematography	Hideo Yamamoto
Edited by	Hiroshi Matsuo
Music by	Norihito Sumitomo
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	February 10, 2018 (2018-02-10)
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

External videos
Color Me True Trailer

Synopsis

The film follows the story of a young filmmaker named Kenji (Sakaguchi) and a heroine from a black and white film called Princess Miyuki (Ayase).^[2] As an aspiring director, Kenji dreamed of meeting his favourite star of the bygone '60s retro film, Princess Miyuki. Kenji is attracted to Miyuki, who appears in monochrome while he resides in the colorful real world. Through a bizarre twist of fate, Miyuki jumps out of the silver screen and joins Kenji in a world filled with colour—and she's even ballsy^[tone] off screen.^[3][4]

Cast

Main

• Haruka Ayase as Miyuki^[2]
• Kentaro Sakaguchi as Kenji^[2]

Supporting

• Tsubasa Honda as Toko Naruse
• Kazuki Kitamura as Ryunosuke Shundo
• Akiyoshi Nakao as Shintaro Yamanaka
• Anna Ishibashi
• Tokuma Nishioka
• Akira Emoto as Tadashi Honda
• Go Kato as old Kenji

Reception

Box office

The film was premiered in 298 screens and opened at #1 in the box office with 193,000 admissions.^[5] By its seventh week, it had earned ¥1 billion (US$9.4 million) domestically.^[6]

Adaptations

In January 2022 the film was adapted by the Takarazuka revue for the stage. A moon troupe production, the play was led by current moon troupe stars Kanato Tsukishiro as Kenji, and Mitsuki Umino as Miyuki.