Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, to report on the disaster; there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabitants and stumbles upon a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend.
Director:
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writer:
Nobuhiko Obayashi
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Yasuko Matsuyuki as Reiko Endo |
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Masahiro Takashima as Kenichi Katayama |
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Natsuki Harada as Wakako Inoue |
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Minami Inomata as Hana Motoki |
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Saki Terashima as Young Ririko Motoki |
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Toshio Kakei as Goro Matsushita |
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Naoyuki Morita as Ryo Takahashi |
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Mansaku Ikeuchi as Takashi Mishima |
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Takashi Sasano as Akiyoshi Muraoka |
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Koji Ishikawa as Kiyoshi Yamashita |
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Sumiko Fuji as Ririko Motoki |
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Shiho Fujimura as Kaoru Endo |
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Takahito Hosoyamada as Shojiro Atsumi |
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Toshinori Omi as Tadahiko Takayama |
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Takehiro Murata as Tamio Mori |
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Misako Renbutsu as Young Kaoru Endo |
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Takuro Atsuki as Sadao Motoki |
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Tōru Shinagawa as Sumio Shinkai |
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Akira Emoto as Seijiro Nose |
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Choei Takahashi as Fumihiko Sato |
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Shirô Namiki as Yasunari Motomura |
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Yuto Kobayashi as Shintaro Sone |
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Mayuu Kusakari as Rui Hatayama |
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Kanae Katsuno as Nobuko Satonaka |
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Tomoko Hoshino as Fumiko Nose |
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Toshie Negishi as Yae Nose |
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Seina Suzuki as Jiro Nakahata's Eldest Daughter |
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Tsurutaro Kataoka as Makoto Nose |
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Hiroshi Inuzuka as Tsurukichi Nose |
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Masao Kusakari as Hanagata Juzaro |
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Masayuki Yui as Zenjiro Hanyu |
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Bengal as Jiro Nakahata |
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Hirona Yamazaki as Nozomi Yuge |
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Shusaku Uchida as |
| Directing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Director |
| Writing | Kôji Hasegawa | Writer |
| Art | Kôichi Takeuchi | Art Direction |
| Camera | Hisaki Sanbongi | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Joe Hisaishi | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Chiga Watanabe | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Editor |
| Production | Terumichi Yamazaki | Production Manager |
| Production | Kyōko Ōbayashi | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Hisaki Sanbongi | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fumio Iwasaki | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chieko Waguri | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Yudai Kato | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Masao Takeshita | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Screenplay |
| Sound | Kosuke Yamashita | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Hideaki Yamakawa | Gaffer |
