Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

6.9/10 160 min Fantasy Drama War

Overview

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.

Cast

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Reiko Endo

Masahiro Takashima

Kenichi Katayama

Natsuki Harada

Wakako Inoue

Saki Terashima

Young Ririko Motoki

Toshio Kakei

Goro Matsushita

Mansaku Ikeuchi

Takashi Mishima

Takashi Sasano

Akiyoshi Muraoka

Sumiko Fuji

Ririko Motoki

Shiho Fujimura

Kaoru Endo

Takahito Hosoyamada

Shojiro Atsumi

Toshinori Omi

Tadahiko Takayama

Takehiro Murata

Tamio Mori

Misako Renbutsu

Young Kaoru Endo

Takuro Atsuki

Sadao Motoki

Tōru Shinagawa

Sumio Shinkai

Akira Emoto

Seijiro Nose

Choei Takahashi

Fumihiko Sato

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