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Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Casting Blossoms to the Sky

2012 · Fantasy · movie94 ratings

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.

in 15 passports

cast

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Reiko Endo

Masahiro Takashima

Masahiro Takashima

Kenichi Katayama

Natsuki Harada

Natsuki Harada

Wakako Inoue

Minami Inomata

Hana Motoki

Saki Terashima

Saki Terashima

Young Ririko Motoki

Toshio Kakei

Toshio Kakei

Goro Matsushita

Naoyuki Morita

Ryo Takahashi

Mansaku Ikeuchi

Mansaku Ikeuchi

Takashi Mishima

Takashi Sasano

Takashi Sasano

Akiyoshi Muraoka

Koji Ishikawa

Kiyoshi Yamashita

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Ririko Motoki

Shiho Fujimura

Shiho Fujimura

Kaoru Endo

director

Nobuhiko Obayashi

where to watch

Fandor
OVID
Fandor Amazon Channel
AsianCrush
Cineverse Amazon Channel

trailers

information

genres

Fantasy, Drama, War

budget

$2.5M

original title

この空の花 長岡花火物語