Colorful

Colorful is a 2000 Japanese supernatural fantasy drama film directed by Shun Nakahara and written by Yoshimitsu Morita. It is based on an award-winning novel of the same name by Eto Mori. The film stars Koki Tanaka in his first lead role in a feature film, as a soul given a second chance, reincarnated into the body of a fourteen-year-old boy who committed suicide. Sawako Agawa, Kanako Magara, Asuka Komayu and Yuki Kageyama also star in the film. Shin'ichirō Ikebe composed the film's soundtrack. Colorful was shown in competition at the 24th Montreal World Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Grand Prix des Amériques, before being theatrically released by Broadmedia Corporation on October 7, 2000, in Japan.