Storyline
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.
Released
3/15/1997
Runtime
1h 57min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
Japanese
Production
Fuji Television Network, Office Two-One, Shochiku, Pony Canyon
Cast
Kyōzō Nagatsuka
Kōkichi Onda / Elder Keita Onda
Hideyuki Kasahara
Keita Onda as a child
Jun Toba
Kōji Onda
Shima Iwashita
Fuji Onda
Hinano Yoshikawa
Yukiko Mizukami
Michiko Hada
Ms. Komachi
Junji Takada
Mr. Black Marketeer
Toshiya Nagasawa
Mr. Demobilized
Sayuri Kawauchi
Hideko Onda
Shōhei Hino
Benshi
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Headmaster
Akaji Maro
Circus performer
Frankie Sakai
Photographer
Masahiko Nishimura
Assistant photographer
Takashi Tsumura
Acting
Kimiko Yo
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Naoto Takenaka
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