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Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

Casting Blossoms to the Sky poster
Original title
この空の花 長岡花火物語
Directed by
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Genre
war film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 40m
Rated
15
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A journalist travels to a small Japanese city to report on a local fireworks festival. The story explores the town's history with war and loss.

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What happens

Casting Blossoms to the Sky (Japanese: この空の花 長岡花火物語, Hepburn: Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari) is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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