Casting Blossoms to the Sky

6.4 / 10

(10 votes)

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Fantasy,

Drama,

War

Duration:

160 minutes

Year:

2012

Director:

Nobuhiko Obayashi

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Company:

PSC

Cast:
Yasuko Matsuyuki

Reiko Endo

Masahiro Takashima

Kenichi Katayama

Natsuki Harada

Wakako Inoue

Minami Inomata

Hana Motoki

Saki Terashima

Young Ririko Motoki

Crew:
Nobuhiko Obayashi

Director

Kujô Sanbongi

Director of Photography

Chieko Waguri

Makeup Artist

Joe Hisaishi

Original Music Composer

Yudai Kato

Director of Photography