Hanagatami (2017)
Spring, 1941: 16-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 |
| Directing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Director |
| Camera | Hisaki Sanbongi | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Editor |
| Editing | Hisaki Sanbongi | Editor |
| Production | Terumichi Yamazaki | Producer |
| Production | Kyōko Ōbayashi | Executive Producer |
| Art | Toshiharu Aida | Production Design |
| Art | Kôichi Takeuchi | Art Direction |
| Art | Akihiro Nakamura | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shigeru Moriwaki | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Koichi Fujisaki | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chieko Waguri | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Shinji Rikitoku | Production Manager |
| Sound | Kosuke Yamashita | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Makoto Uchida | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Itsumi Yamamoto | Dialogue Editor |
| Directing | Yurugu Matsumoto | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Naomi Mikami | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Chiho Katsura | Screenplay |
| Writing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kazuo Dan | Novel |