Casting Blossoms to the Sky
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| 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]
In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist is invited to Nagaoka by her ex-boyfriend, a schoolteacher who is directing a play about how the city was decimated by a WWII air raid and the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake. She travels to the city to report on the disaster and perhaps to meet the ex-boyfriend. While there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabitants and stumbles upon a stage play written by an enigmatic student. The film tells the story of the city, its people and the various Japanese views of war (past and present).