Casting Blossoms to the Sky

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.

Genre:

Fantasy, Drama, War

Duration:

160 min

Cast:

Yasuko Matsuyuki, Masahiro Takashima, Natsuki Harada

Quality:

HD

Director:

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Release:

2012

Country:

Japan

Rating:

6.8