The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky (2010)

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

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.

melancholicquiettenderslow-burnintrospectivebittersweetgroundedwistful

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)

Trailer

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