Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Casting Blossoms to the Sky
Film poster
Japanese name
Kanji	この空の花　長岡花火物語
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari
Directed by	Nobuhiko Ôbayashi
Written by	Nobuhiko Ohbayashi
Starring	Yasuko Matsuyuki Masahiro Takashima Masao Kusakari
Music by	Kousuke Yamashita
Production company	PSC
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	7 April 2012 (2012-04-07) (Japan)
Running time	160 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Casting Blossoms to the Sky (Japanese: この空の花　長岡花火物語, Hepburn: Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari) is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi.^[1]

Premise

In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist is invited to Nagaoka by her ex-boyfriend, a schoolteacher who is directing a play about how the city was decimated by a WWII air raid and the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake. She travels to the city to report on the disaster and perhaps to meet the ex-boyfriend. While there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabitants and stumbles upon a stage play written by an enigmatic student. The film tells the story of the city, its people and the various Japanese views of war (past and present).

Cast

References

External links

• Casting Blossoms to the Sky at IMDb