The Boat to Heaven

The Boat to Heaven (2003)

A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where he sees the clear blue ocean everyday. His mother wants him to be a violinist. To make her dream come true, Masahiko goes to Tokyo to learn the violin, and stays with his aunt, Setsuko, in Kamakura near Tokyo. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Masashi Sada's novel of the same name received the 21st Japanese Cinema Reconstruction and Promotion Award and the 46th Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Director: Mitsutoshi Tanaka

Casts

	Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Haruhito Ishida
	Keizo Kanie as
	Keiko Matsuzaka as Setsuko Ishida
	Akiko Nishina as Somemaru
	Miki Sakai as Norie Kinoshita
	Kippei Shiina as Hatsuo Nogawa
	Taro Yamamoto as Yoji Ikeda
	Reiko Takashima as Kiyoko Sakurai
	Kunie Tanaka as Masato Sakurai
	Asahi Uchida as Masahiko Sakurai
	Naoki Kawano as

Crew