Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2021)

  • 15
  • 12/13/2021 (GB)
  • Fantasy, Drama, War
  • 2h 40m

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.

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Director, Screenplay

Kôji Hasegawa

Writer

Cast

Yasuko Matsuyuki's headshot

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Reiko Endo
Masahiro Takashima's headshot

Masahiro Takashima

Kenichi Katayama
Natsuki Harada's headshot

Natsuki Harada

Wakako Inoue
Minami Inomata's headshot

Minami Inomata

Hana Motoki
Saki Terashima's headshot

Saki Terashima

Young Ririko Motoki
Toshio Kakei's headshot

Toshio Kakei

Goro Matsushita
Naoyuki Morita's headshot

Naoyuki Morita

Ryo Takahashi
Mansaku Ikeuchi's headshot

Mansaku Ikeuchi

Takashi Mishima

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