This Country's Sky
5.7
In suburban Tokyo in 1945, years of war and concentrated air raids by US forces have left the city in tatters and the population poor, tired, and hungry. The 19-year-old Satoko and her mother bide their time working nominal jobs and trying to stave off hunger. A displaced aunt turns up looking for shelter, but she is just another hungry mouth to feed. Satoko is becoming a woman and is drawn to the only eligible man in the neighborhood. This is a decidedly quiet film that focuses on a single character and her survival in dire circumstances in the spring of her life.
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Cast
11 people
Fumi Nikaido
Satoko
Known for
Shōgun
Lesson of the Evil
Hiroki Hasegawa
Ichikawa
Known for
Shin Godzilla
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Haruhiko Arai
Also in
Girl Rope Doll
Sadistic and Masochistic
Yuichi Takai
Akira Morishige
Youki Kudoh
Satoko's mother
Known for
Mystery Train
Blood: The Last Vampire
Yasuko Tomita
Known for
The Full-Time Wife Escapist
From Me to You
Go Riju
Known for
Gannibal
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Koichi Ueda
Known for
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Renji Ishibashi
Known for
Audition
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Eiji Okuda
Known for
Rurouni Kenshin Part I: Origins
If Cats Disappeared from the World
Haruhiko Arai Director · Yuichi Takai Author Itsuro Shimoda Composer
United States release July 18, 2015 · Produced in Japan · Production KATSU-do, Yoshimoto Creative Agency
Production
Studio3
Production
KATSU-do
Production
Yoshimoto Creative Agency
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
この国の空
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
United States · July 18, 2015
Japan Cuts
Japan · August 1, 2015
Theatrical
Canada
June 21, 2016 · Toronto Japanese Film Festival
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