Underplayed Gems

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2010)

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky poster
Original title
ふがいない僕は空を見た
Directed by
Yuki Tanada
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 22m
Rated
R15+
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In a small Japanese town, several young people struggle with disappointment and loneliness in their personal lives. A chance encounter between a high school student and a married woman leads both to reconsider what they want from their futures.

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What happens

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (Japanese: ふがいない僕は空を見た, Hepburn: Fugainai Boku wa Sora wo Mita) is a 2012 Japanese drama film adaptation of a novel of the same name written by Misumi Kubo. It was released in Japan on 17 November 2012. The film stars Kento Nagayama as Takumi Saito, the lead hero; Tomoko Tabata as Satomi Okamoto (Anzu), the lead heroine; Masataka Kubota as Ryota Fukuda; and Takahiro Miura as Yoshifumi Taoka. The film was directed by Yuki Tanada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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