| Casting Blossoms to the Sky | |||||
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| Kanji | この空の花 長岡花火物語 | ||||
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| Directed by | Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | ||||
| Written by | Nobuhiko Ohbayashi | ||||
| Starring | Yasuko Matsuyuki Masahiro Takashima Masao Kusakari | ||||
| Music by | Kousuke Yamashita | ||||
Production company | PSC | ||||
| Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 160 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
Casting Blossoms to the Sky (Japanese: この空の花 長岡花火物語, Hepburn: Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari) is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi.[1]
Premise
Endo Reiko visits Nagaoka to report on the aftermath of an earthquake. During the visit she is approached by her former boyfriend, Kenichi, who tries to convince her to become the star of a play that takes place in the city during the Second World War. The movie includes ruminations on the dark side of the Japanese character.[2]
Cast
- Yasuko Matsuyuki - Reiko Endo
- Masahiro Takashima - Kenichi Katayama
- Natsuki Harada -Wakako Inoue
- Minami Inomata - Motoki Hana
- Saki Terashima
- Toshio Kakei Goro Matsushita
- Naoyuki Morita
- Mansaku Ikeuchi
- Takashi Sasano Akiyoshi Muraoka
- Koji Ishikawa
- Takahito Hosoyamada
- Toshinori Omi
- Takehiro Murata
- Misako Renbutsu
- Takuro Atsuki
- Tôru Shinagawa
- Akira Emoto
- Chôei Takahashi
- Shirô Namiki
- Yuto Kobayashi
- Mayuu Kusakari
- Kanae Katsuno
- Tomoko Hoshino
- Toshie Negishi
- Shusaku Uchida
- Tsurutaro Kataoka - Makoto Nose
- Hiroshi Inuzuka - Tsurukichi Nose
- Masayuki Yui
- Bengaru[3]
- Masao Kusakari - Jyuzaburo Hanagata
- Sumiko Fuji - Ririko Motoki
- Shiho Fujimura - Kaoru Endo
References
- ↑ "Kono Sora no Hana: Nagaoka Hanabi Monogatari". MUBI. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ↑ "Casting Blossoms to the Sky de Nobuhiko Ôbayashi". Sitges Film Festival. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- ↑ "Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)". Moviefone. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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