Set in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture in 1954, movie tells the tale of 14 year old boys: their friendships, fights among friends, and rebellions against the school. It also tells the story of the adults who live around the boys. This is a nostalgic, bitter, and sentimental journey into lives in the post-war environment.
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Cast
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Taiga Nakano
Osamu
Known for
From Today, It's My Turn!!
Sweet Bean
Kenta Tsukada
Akira
Also in
Sand Chronicles
second coming
Katsuaki Takemoto
Hono Misumi
Yasuhiro Hatsuyama
Honoo Misumi
Shûko
Also in
Mare
Detective versus Detectives
Masato Hagiwara
Teacher Shirasaki
Known for
Cure
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Ei Mori
Aya Hirayama
Teacher Otsuki
Known for
Fighter in the Wind
Gokusen
Atsuko Maeda
Megumi Sasahara
Known for
The Complex
To the Ends of the Earth
Tetta Sugimoto
Teacher Hotta
Known for
Departures
Reincarnation
Yasuhiro Hatsuyama Director · Honoo Misumi Writer Keisuke Tsuru Production designer
First release October 4, 2008 · Produced in Japan · Original title 那須少年記
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Japan
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Original title
那須少年記
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 4, 2008
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No release date listed for United States.
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