Casting Blossoms to the Sky

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.

Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi

Cast

Yasuko Matsuyuki

Reiko Endo

Masahiro Takashima

Kenichi Katayama

Natsuki Harada

Wakako Inoue

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Minami Inomata

Hana Motoki

Saki Terashima

Young Ririko Motoki

Toshio Kakei

Goro Matsushita

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Naoyuki Morita

Ryo Takahashi

Mansaku Ikeuchi

Takashi Mishima

Takashi Sasano

Akiyoshi Muraoka

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Koji Ishikawa

Kiyoshi Yamashita