Casting Blossoms to the Sky
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.
Top Billed Cast
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Reiko Endo
Masahiro Takashima
Kenichi Katayama
Natsuki Harada
Wakako Inoue
Minami Inomata
Hana Motoki
Saki Terashima
Young Ririko Motoki
Featured Crew
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Director
Kôji Hasegawa
Writer
Kujô Sanbongi
Director of Photography
Chieko Waguri
Makeup Artist
Joe Hisaishi
Original Music Composer
Yudai Kato
Director of Photography
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Editor
Kujô Sanbongi
Editor
Kôichi Takeuchi
Art Direction
Terumichi Yamazaki
Production Manager
Chiga Watanabe
Executive Producer
Kyōko Ōbayashi
Executive Producer
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