Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)
Fantasy
Drama
War
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
Reiko Endo
Kenichi Katayama
Ririko Motoki
Kaoru Endo
Shojiro Atsumi
Tadahiko Takayama
Tamio Mori
Young Kaoru Endo
Sadao Motoki
Sumio Shinkai
Seijiro Nose
Fumihiko Sato
Wakako Inoue
Yasunari Motomura
Shintaro Sone
Rui Hatayama
Nobuko Satonaka
Fumiko Nose
Yae Nose
Jiro Nakahata's Eldest Daughter
Makoto Nose
Tsurukichi Nose
Hanagata Juzaro
Hana Motoki
Zenjiro Hanyu
Jiro Nakahata
Nozomi Yuge
Young Ririko Motoki
Goro Matsushita
Ryo Takahashi
Takashi Mishima
Akiyoshi Muraoka
Kiyoshi Yamashita
Crew
Director
Director of Photography
Makeup Artist
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Editor
Editor
Art Direction
Production Manager
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Costume Design
Assistant Director
Screenplay
Original Music Composer
Writer