Casting Blossoms to the Sky

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]

Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Film poster
Japanese name
Kanjiこの空の花 長岡花火物語
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnKono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari
Directed byNobuhiko Ôbayashi
Written byNobuhiko Ohbayashi
StarringYasuko Matsuyuki
Masahiro Takashima
Masao Kusakari
Music byKousuke Yamashita
Production
company
PSC
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 7 April 2012 (2012-04-07) (Japan)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Premise

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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).

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Kono Sora no Hana: Nagaoka Hanabi Monogatari". MUBI. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)". Moviefone. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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