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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.

2012 |2h 40m |  Fantasy, Drama, War

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Cast

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Yasuko Matsuyuki

Reiko Endo

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Masahiro Takashima

Kenichi Katayama

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Natsuki Harada

Wakako Inoue

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Saki Terashima

Young Ririko Motoki

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Toshio Kakei

Goro Matsushita

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Mansaku Ikeuchi

Takashi Mishima

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Takashi Sasano

Akiyoshi Muraoka

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Sumiko Fuji

Ririko Motoki

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Shiho Fujimura

Kaoru Endo

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Takahito Hosoyamada

Shojiro Atsumi

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Toshinori Omi

Tadahiko Takayama

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Takehiro Murata

Tamio Mori

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Misako Renbutsu

Young Kaoru Endo

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Takuro Atsuki

Sadao Motoki

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Tōru Shinagawa

Sumio Shinkai

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Akira Emoto

Seijiro Nose

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Chōei Takahashi

Fumihiko Sato

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Shirô Namiki

Yasunari Motomura

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Mayuu Kusakari

Rui Hatayama

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Tomoko Hoshino

Fumiko Nose

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Toshie Negishi

Yae Nose

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Seina Suzuki

Jiro Nakahata's Eldest Daughter

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Tsurutaro Kataoka

Makoto Nose

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Hiroshi Inuzuka

Tsurukichi Nose

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Masao Kusakari

Hanagata Juzaro

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Masayuki Yui

Zenjiro Hanyu

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Bengal

Jiro Nakahata

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Hirona Yamazaki

Nozomi Yuge

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Status

Released

Language

Japanese

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