Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1993)
- Original title
- 打ち上げ花火、下から見るか？横から見るか？
- Directed by
- Shunji Iwai
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 40 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of kids argue about whether fireworks look better from the side or the bottom. This argument leads into events and reflections during a summer day.
whimsicalnostalgicbittersweetcontemplativegentlewistfulplayful
What happens
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (Japanese: 打ち上げ花火、下から見るか? 横から見るか?, Hepburn: Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?) is a 1993 Japanese youth drama television play written and directed by Shunji Iwai. The play was originally produced for the drama anthology series If: Moshimo (if もしも) and broadcast as its sixteenth episode, on August 26, 1993. It was later re-edited for a theatrical release in Japanese cinemas on August 12, 1995. Iwai later directed a feature-length documentary about the making of the original TV play, and it was adapted into the 2017 anime film directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and a novel written by Iwai, both released in 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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