The Island Closest to Heaven
6.4
“Love Is the Story of Your Whole Life”
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.
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Cast
26 people
Tomoyo Harada
Mari Katsuragi
Known for
Heart and Yummie
Miyoko Akaza
Keiko Murata
Known for
Lady Snowblood
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Also in
House
The Girl in the Picture
Haruki Kadokawa
Also in
The Beast to Die
Virus
Wataru Kenmotsu
Wakaba Irie
Madame Hiroko
Also in
Miyamoto Musashi: Showdown at Hannyazaka Heights
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Sunao Sakagami
Katsura Morimura
Nenji Kobayashi
Yoshimi Aoyama
Known for
The Twilight Samurai
Café Lumière
Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Hiroshi Sugawara
Kayo Matsuo
Mitsuko Katsuragi
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx
Shogun Assassin
Nobuhiko Obayashi Director · Wataru Kenmotsu Writer Katsura Morimura Author
First release December 15, 1984 · Produced in Japan, New Caledonia · Languages English, French, Japanese
Production
KADOKAWA
Production
Haruki Kadokawa Films
Production
Kadokawa Haruki Jimusho
Production
Japan · New Caledonia
Produced in
Languages
Original title
天国にいちばん近い島
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
English · French · Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 15, 1984
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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