# Japanese Drifter’s Road Trip to Korea Drives Uchiyama Takuya’s ‘The Blue Breaks’ at Tokyo Gap-Financing Market

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/japanese-drifters-road-trip-to-korea-drives-uchiyama-takuyas-the-blue-breaks-at-tokyo-gap-financing-market/
- Published: 2026-11-01T22:24:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T23:25:07+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/film/markets-festivals/drifter-road-trip-korea-blue-breaks-tokyo-market-1236936982/
- Topics: Asia, Entertainment, Europe, Film, World

## Key points

- Uchiyama is developing a Japan-Italy film about belonging and identity.
- The characters’ journey leads them from Japan to Korea.
- Filming is planned for 2027, with completion in 2028.

## Summary

Japanese filmmaker Uchiyama Takuya is developing *The Blue Breaks*, a Japan-Italy co-production about a rootless man whose search for belonging leads him and those around him on a journey to Korea. The project was presented at the Tokyo Gap-Financing Market as its producers seek funding and international partners.

Shukichi, a part-time worker in his thirties, is unsettled by discoveries about his girlfriend and encounters that deepen his questions about identity and sexuality. Meeting Toko, a terminally ill young woman who faces life with lightness, begins to change his outlook. The team is working on the screenplay and casting, with filming planned for 2027 and completion in 2028; it hopes to premiere at an international festival.

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