Heaven Is Still Far Away
7.3
Yuzo and Mitsuki live together in Yuzo's small apartment, their constant companionship tender and indifferent in turn. Then Yuzo receives a call from Satsuki, a documentarian resolved to make a film about a now-distant family tragedy, and the three meet, to search for some way to account for their relationship with one another, the memories they share, and those they've kept to themselves.
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Cast
11 people
Nao Okabe
Yuzo
Known for
Asako I & II
An Ogawa
Mitsuki
Also in
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Something
Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Known for
Happy Hour
Hideyuki Okamoto
Hyunri
Satsuki
Known for
A Shop for Killers
Can This Love Be Translated?
Satoshi Takada
Yoshio Kitagawa
Toru Takano
Izumi Matsuno
Taro Nishigaki
Haru Wada
Ryusuke Hamaguchi Director · Haru Wada Composer Yoshio Kitagawa Cinematographer
First release December 11, 2016 · Produced in Japan · Original title 天国はまだ遠い
Production
Kobe Workshop Cinema Project LLP
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
天国はまだ遠い
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · December 11, 2016
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
April 4, 2018 · Rencontres du moyen métrage de Brive
Singapore
October 10, 2021 · Asian Film Archive
Thailand
September 27, 2025 · Premiere · Bangkok International Film Festival
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