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A journalist reporting on the 1997 Kobe earthquake recalls a boat trip he took as a boy after WWII to bury his brother's ashes, during which his family grapples with life in occupied Japan.
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Audiences 67GoodWatch 64
IMDb6.7
Running time
1 h 57 min
A typical length for dramas, +8 min on the typical 109
typical 109117Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1997
March 15, 1997
29 years ago
Genres
DramaAdventureHistoryLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
Japan
14 of 14
Kyōzō NagatsukaKōkichi Onda / Elder Keita Onda
Hideyuki KasaharaKeita Onda as a child
Jun TobaKōji Onda
Shima IwashitaFuji Onda
Hinano YoshikawaYukiko Mizukami
Michiko HadaMs. Komachi
Junji TakadaMr. Black Marketeer
Toshiya NagasawaMr. Demobilized- SKSayuri KawauchiHideko Onda
Shōhei HinoBenshi
Chōichirō KawarasakiHeadmaster
Akaji MaroCircus performer
Frankie SakaiPhotographer
Masahiko NishimuraAssistant photographer
Directing · 2
- Masahiro Shinoda Director
- Katsuo Naruse Assistant Director, Screenplay
Writing · 1
- Yû Aku Novel
Production · 3
- Kazuyoshi Okuyama Executive Producer
- Taketo Niitsu Producer
- Masaru Koibuchi Producer
Camera · 2
- Tatsuo Suzuki Director of Photography
- 原田大三郎 Still Photographer
Editing · 1
- Hirohide Abe Editor
Sound · 3
- Shinichiro Ikebe Original Music Composer
- Shizuo Kurahashi Sound Effects
- Tetsuo Segawa Sound Recordist
Art · 1
- Noriyoshi Ikeya Production Design
Lighting · 1
- Kenichi Mizuno Gaffer
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