Casting Blossoms to the Sky (この空の花 長岡花火物語)
If people made pretty fireworks instead of bombs there wouldn't have been any wars.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writer: Kôji Hasegawa
Director of Photography: Kujô Sanbongi, Yudai Kato
Screenplay: Nobuhiko Obayashi
Top Cast
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Reiko Endo
Masahiro Takashima
Kenichi Katayama
Natsuki Harada
Wakako Inoue
Minami Inomata
Hana Motoki
Saki Terashima
Young Ririko Motoki
Toshio Kakei
Goro Matsushita
Naoyuki Morita
Ryo Takahashi
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Takashi Mishima
Videos
Trailer [Subtitled]
Casting Blossoms to the Sky Trailer
