Hanagatami (2017)
Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
Director:
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writers:
Chiho Katsura, Nobuhiko Obayashi.
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Shunsuke Kubozuka as Toshihiko Sakakiyama |
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Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Ukai |
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Keishi Nagatsuka as Kira |
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Tokio Emoto as Aso |
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Honoka Yahagi as Mina Ema |
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Hirona Yamazaki as Akine |
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Mugi Kadowaki as Chitose |
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Takako Tokiwa as Keiko Ema |
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Takehiro Murata as Professor Yamauchi |
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Tetsuya Takeda as Dr. Ichijo |
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Wakaba Irie as Old Maid |
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Kiyotaka Nanbara as Toshihiko's Father |
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Yuriko Ono as Toshihiko's Mother |
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Taiyo Okamoto as Ryo Ema |
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Toshie Negishi as Woman at the Brothel |
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Shinnosuke Ikehata as Old Prostitute |
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Takahito Hosoyamada as Military Police Man |
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Kayoko Shiraishi as Professor Yamauchi's Mother |
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Ryunosuke Okawa as Onnagata Actor |
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Tsurutaro Kataoka as Caligrapher |
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Masahiro Takashima as Akine's Father |
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Yujiro Hara as Akine's Brother |
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Tōru Shinagawa as Old Man at Festival |
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Takao Itō as Present Day Toshihiko |
| Art | Kôichi Takeuchi | Art Direction |
| Production | Terumichi Yamazaki | Producer |
| Art | Toshiharu Aida | Production Design |
| Editing | Hisaki Sanbongi | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shigeru Moriwaki | Costume Design |
| Production | Kyōko Ōbayashi | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chieko Waguri | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Hisaki Sanbongi | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Koichi Fujisaki | Costume Design |
| Directing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Director |
| Editing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Editor |
| Sound | Kosuke Yamashita | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Akihiro Nakamura | Set Decoration |
| Production | Shinji Rikitoku | Production Manager |
| Directing | Naomi Mikami | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Makoto Uchida | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Yurugu Matsumoto | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Itsumi Yamamoto | Dialogue Editor |
| Writing | Kazuo Dan | Novel |
| Writing | Chiho Katsura | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Screenplay |