The Island Closest to Heaven (1984)
A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled "island closest to heaven" that her late father had told her about.
Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi
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Tomoyo Harada as Mari Katsuragi |
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Miyoko Akaza as Keiko Murata |
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Wakaba Irie as Madame Hiroko |
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Nenji Kobayashi as Yoshimi Aoyama |
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Kayo Matsuo as Mitsuko Katsuragi |
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Tori Miki as Tour Visitor |
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Toru Minegishi as Yuuichi Fukaya |
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Hideo Murota as Kyuzo Nishio |
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Maiko Ogo as Fukuko Yamamoto |
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Nobuko Otowa as Tei Ishikawa |
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Yukihiro Takahashi as Jiro Katsuragi |
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Ryōichi Takayanagi as Taro Watanabe |
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Shigeru Izumiya as Taichi Watanabe |
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Gil Peterson as Tom |
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Megumi Kagami as Chie Nakayama |
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Kazuo Satsuya as Old Frontman |
| Directing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Director |
| Writing | Wataru Kenmotsu | Writer |
| Art | Kazuo Satsuya | Art Direction |
| Camera | Yoshitaka Sakamoto | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Editor |
| Writing | Katsura Morimura | Novel |
| Sound | Shôhei Hayashi | Sound Designer |
| Production | Haruki Kadokawa | Producer |
| Sound | Tomoyuki Asakawa | Original Music Composer |