Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
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 & Crew
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
Chōei Takahashi
Fumihiko Sato
Shirô Namiki
Yasunari Motomura
Mayuu Kusakari
Rui Hatayama
Kanae Katsuno
Nobuko Satonaka
Tomoko Hoshino
Fumiko Nose
Toshie Negishi
Yae Nose
Seina Suzuki
Jiro Nakahata's Eldest Daughter
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Makoto Nose
Hiroshi Inuzuka
Tsurukichi Nose
Masao Kusakari
Hanagata Juzaro
Masayuki Yui
Zenjiro Hanyu
Bengal
Jiro Nakahata
Hirona Yamazaki
Nozomi Yuge
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Director
Kôji Hasegawa
Writer
Chiga Watanabe, Kyōko Ōbayashi
Executive Producer
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Screenplay
