Three stories from Shiratsuna Island: "Mikan no hana" Shiratsuna Island is the only remaining island city in Japan, but it is being merged with a city on the opposite shore. Housewife Misato Tomita lives on the island. "Umi no hoshi" Yōhei Hamasaki, who was born on Shiratsuna Island, lives in an apartment in the outskirts of Tokyo with his wife, Tomomi, and their son, Taichi. "Kumo no ito" Popular artist Hirotaka Kurosaki, who is a native of Shiratsuna Island, goes back to his hometown after seven years.
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28 people
Ryoko Hirosue
Misato Tomita (segment "Mikan no hana")
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Miki Mizuno
(segment "Mikan no hana")
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Kei Tanaka
(segment "Mikan no hana")
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Kenji Mizuhashi
(segment "Mikan no hana")
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5 Centimeters per Second
Godzilla Minus One
Yasuhi Nakamura
(segment "Mikan no hana")
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Yakuza Apocalypse
Mayu Yamaguchi
(segment "Mikan no hana")
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Suicide Forest Village
Momoko Tanabe
(segment "Mikan no hana")
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Yuru Camp△
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Kiyuki Mori
(segment "Mikan no hana")
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Lucky Seven
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Mitsuko Baisho
(segment "Mikan no hana")
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Dreams
Hanzawa Naoki
Atsushi Ito
Yohei Hamasaki (segment "Umi no hoshi")
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Flying Colors
Fish Story
Mayumi Wakamura
(segment "Umi no hoshi")
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My Rainy Days
Seishirou Katou
(segment "Umi no hoshi")
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Heart and Yummie
Assassination Classroom: Graduation
Takehiko Shinjo Director · Michihito Fujii Director Yuji Nakamae Director
First release September 28, 2016 · Produced in Japan · Production Horipro, TheTube
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TV Tokyo
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Horipro
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TheTube
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Q-TEC
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Japan
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Original title
望郷
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · September 28, 2016
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