Casting Blossoms to the Sky
7.2
“If people made pretty fireworks instead of bombs there wouldn't have been any wars.”
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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Yasuko Matsuyuki
Reiko Endo
Known for
Fullmetal Alchemist
Vexille
Masahiro Takashima
Kenichi Katayama
Known for
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
Kingdom
Natsuki Harada
Wakako Inoue
Known for
Fullmetal Alchemist
I Give My First Love to You
Minami Inomata
Hana Motoki
Also in
Seven Weeks
Saki Terashima
Young Ririko Motoki
Also in
The Motive
Switching – Goodbye Me
Toshio Kakei
Goro Matsushita
Also in
The Next Generation Patlabor: Tokyo War
Eerie: Invisible Face
Naoyuki Morita
Ryo Takahashi
Known for
Blood and Bones
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Takashi Mishima
Known for
Godzilla vs. Megaguirus
Rurouni Kenshin: The Beginning
Takashi Sasano
Akiyoshi Muraoka
Known for
Sanctuary
Love and Honor
Koji Ishikawa
Kiyoshi Yamashita
Also in
Harmful Insect
SPEC: Heaven
Sumiko Fuji
Ririko Motoki
Known for
Summer Wars
Air Doll
Shiho Fujimura
Kaoru Endo
Known for
Return of Giant Majin
Zatoichi on the Road
Nobuhiko Obayashi Director · Kôji Hasegawa Writer Joe Hisaishi Composer
Budget $2.5M · First release May 12, 2012 · Produced in Japan
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Budget
$2,500,000
Production
PSC
Production
Japan
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Original title
この空の花 長岡花火物語
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · May 12, 2012
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
December 13, 2021 · Physical
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