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Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

If people made pretty fireworks instead of bombs there wouldn't have been any wars.

2012•2h 40m•6.9/10
FantasyDramaWar

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6.9/10(13)

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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PSC

Language

JA

Status

Released

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Cast

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Reiko Endo

Masahiro Takashima

Masahiro Takashima

Kenichi Katayama

Natsuki Harada

Natsuki Harada

Wakako Inoue

Minami Inomata

Hana Motoki

Saki Terashima

Saki Terashima

Young Ririko Motoki

Toshio Kakei

Toshio Kakei

Goro Matsushita

Naoyuki Morita

Ryo Takahashi

Mansaku Ikeuchi

Mansaku Ikeuchi

Takashi Mishima

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Akiyoshi Muraoka

Koji Ishikawa

Kiyoshi Yamashita

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Ririko Motoki

Shiho Fujimura

Shiho Fujimura

Kaoru Endo

Takahito Hosoyamada

Takahito Hosoyamada

Shojiro Atsumi

Toshinori Omi

Toshinori Omi

Tadahiko Takayama

Takehiro Murata

Takehiro Murata

Tamio Mori

Misako Renbutsu

Misako Renbutsu

Young Kaoru Endo

Takuro Atsuki

Takuro Atsuki

Sadao Motoki

Tōru Shinagawa

Tōru Shinagawa

Sumio Shinkai

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Seijiro Nose

Chōei Takahashi

Chōei Takahashi

Fumihiko Sato

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