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.
Cast: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Masahiro Takashima, Natsuki Harada, Minami Inomata, Saki Terashima, Toshio Kakei, Naoyuki Morita, Mansaku Ikeuchi, Takashi Sasano, Koji Ishikawa, Sumiko Fuji, Shiho Fujimura, Takahito Hosoyamada
Crew: Nobuhiko Obayashi (Director), Fumio Iwasaki (Costume Design), Nobuhiko Obayashi (Editor), Kujô Sanbongi (Editor), Yudai Kato (Director of Photography)