A Bolt from the Blue

May 24, 2014

1h 36m

★ 7.2

Overview

Haruo has a dream to become the best magician, but, so far, he is only a marginal magician. Haruo also doesn't have parents. He then goes back 40 years in time to Asakusa, Tokyo. There, he meets his parents when they were young and he learns the secret of his birth.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Toho Pictures

dentsu

TOHO

AMUSE

幻燈社

OHTA PRODUCTION

CREATIVE OFFICE CUE

Nippan Group Holdings

KDDI

GYAO

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Cast

Haruo Domeki / Shotaro Domeki

Yo Oizumi

Etsuko Hanamura

Ko Shibasaki

Shotaro Domeki

Gekidan Hitori

Takashi Sasano

Morio Kazama

Tasuku Emoto

Tomoya Maeno

Yuko Kibiki

Fukiko Hara

Satoshi Morishita

Hideto Iwai

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