Casting Blossoms to the Sky
この空の花 長岡花火物語
Japanese • 2012 • 2h 40m
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Synopsis
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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DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi
WriterKôji Hasegawa, Nobuhiko Obayashi
CinematographerHisaki Sanbongi, Yudai Kato
ComposerJoe Hisaishi, Kosuke Yamashita
EditorNobuhiko Obayashi, Hisaki Sanbongi