Hanagatami (2017)
Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside’s nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town’s other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war’s gravitational pull.
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Shunsuke Kubozuka as Toshihiko Sakakiyama |
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Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Ukai |
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Keishi Nagatsuka as Kira |
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Tokio Emoto as Aso |
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Honoka Yahagi as Mina Ema |
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Hirona Yamazaki as Akine |
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Mugi Kadowaki as Chitose |
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Takako Tokiwa as Keiko Ema |
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Takehiro Murata as Professor Yamauchi |
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Tetsuya Takeda as Dr. Ichijo |
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Wakaba Irie as Old Maid |
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Kiyotaka Nanbara as Toshihiko's Father |
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Yuriko Ono as Toshihiko's Mother |
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Taiyo Okamoto as Ryo Ema |
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Toshie Negishi as Woman at the Brothel |
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Pîtâ as Old Prostitute |
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Takahito Hosoyamada as Military Police Man |
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Kayoko Shiraishi as Professor Yamauchi's Mother |
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Ryunosuke Okawa as Onnagata Actor |
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Tsurutaro Kataoka as Caligrapher |
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Masahiro Takashima as Akine's Father |
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Yujiro Hara as Akine's Brother |
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Tôru Shinagawa as Old Man at Festival |
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Takao Ito as Present Day Toshihiko |
Writing | Nobuhiko Ōbayashi | Screenplay |
Directing | Nobuhiko Ōbayashi | Director |
Editing | Nobuhiko Ōbayashi | Editor |
Writing | Chiho Katsura | Screenplay |
Writing | Kazuo Dan | Novel |
Art | Toshiharu Aida | Production Design |
Sound | Kōsuke Yamashita | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Kujô Sanbongi | Director of Photography |
Editing | Kujô Sanbongi | Editor |
Production | Kyôko Ôbayashi | Executive Producer |
Production | Terumichi Yamazaki | Producer |
Art | Kôichi Takeuchi | Art Direction |
Art | Akihiro Nakamura | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Shigeru Moriwaki | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Koichi Fujisaki | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Chieko Waguri | Makeup Artist |
Production | Shinji Rikitoku | Production Manager |