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Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

Overview

In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, to report on the disaster; there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabitants and stumbles upon a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend.
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Nobuhiko Obayashi profile
Nobuhiko Obayashi

Director

Nobuhiko Obayashi profile
Nobuhiko Obayashi

Screenplay

Cast

Yasuko Matsuyuki profile
Yasuko Matsuyuki

Reiko Endo

Masahiro Takashima profile
Masahiro Takashima

Kenichi Katayama

Natsuki Harada profile
Natsuki Harada

Wakako Inoue

Minami Inomata profile
Minami Inomata

Hana Motoki

Saki Terashima profile
Saki Terashima

Young Ririko Motoki

Toshio Kakei profile
Toshio Kakei

Goro Matsushita

Naoyuki Morita profile
Naoyuki Morita

Ryo Takahashi

Mansaku Ikeuchi profile
Mansaku Ikeuchi

Takashi Mishima

Takashi Sasano profile
Takashi Sasano

Akiyoshi Muraoka

Koji Ishikawa profile
Koji Ishikawa

Kiyoshi Yamashita

Sumiko Fuji profile
Sumiko Fuji

Ririko Motoki

Shiho Fujimura profile
Shiho Fujimura

Kaoru Endo

Yasuko Matsuyuki profile
Yasuko Matsuyuki

Reiko Endo

Masahiro Takashima profile
Masahiro Takashima

Kenichi Katayama

Natsuki Harada profile
Natsuki Harada

Wakako Inoue

Minami Inomata profile
Minami Inomata

Hana Motoki

Saki Terashima profile
Saki Terashima

Young Ririko Motoki

Toshio Kakei profile
Toshio Kakei

Goro Matsushita

Naoyuki Morita profile
Naoyuki Morita

Ryo Takahashi

Mansaku Ikeuchi profile
Mansaku Ikeuchi

Takashi Mishima

Takashi Sasano profile
Takashi Sasano

Akiyoshi Muraoka

Koji Ishikawa profile
Koji Ishikawa

Kiyoshi Yamashita

Sumiko Fuji profile
Sumiko Fuji

Ririko Motoki

Shiho Fujimura profile
Shiho Fujimura

Kaoru Endo

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Release Date

May 12, 2012

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

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