Hanagatami

Hanagatami

169 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Dec. 16, 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.

Hanagatami

169 mins | Drama, Romance, War | Dec. 16, 2017

Hanagatami
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers PSC, Karatsu Film Committee
Original title 花筐
Directors Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writers Kazuo Dan, Chiho Katsura, Nobuhiko Obayashi

Cast

Shunsuke Kubozuka

as Toshihiko Sakakiyama

Tokio Emoto

as Aso

Honoka Yahagi

as Mina Ema

Hirona Yamazaki

as Akine

Mugi Kadowaki

as Chitose

Takako Tokiwa

as Keiko Ema

Takehiro Murata

as Professor Yamauchi

Tetsuya Takeda

as Dr. Ichijo

Wakaba Irie

as Old Maid

Kiyotaka Nanbara

as Toshihiko's Father

Yuriko Ono

as Toshihiko's Mother

Taiyo Okamoto

as Ryo Ema

Toshie Negishi

as Woman at the Brothel

Shinnosuke Ikehata

as Old Prostitute

Takahito Hosoyamada

as Military Police Man

Kayoko Shiraishi

as Professor Yamauchi's Mother

Ryunosuke Okawa

as Onnagata Actor

Tsurutaro Kataoka

as Caligrapher

Masahiro Takashima

as Akine's Father

Yujiro Hara

as Akine's Brother

Tôru Shinagawa

as Old Man at Festival

Takao Ito

as Present Day Toshihiko