Hanagatami

Dec 16, 2017

2h 49m

★ 7.1

Overview

Spring, 1941: 16-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.

Genres

Drama

Romance

War

Production Companies

PSC

Karatsu Film Committee

Hanagatami Trailers

Cast

Toshihiko Sakakiyama

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Ukai

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Kira

Keishi Nagatsuka

Aso

Tokio Emoto

Mina Ema

Honoka Yahagi

Akine

Hirona Yamazaki

Chitose

Mugi Kadowaki

Keiko Ema

Takako Tokiwa

Professor Yamauchi

Takehiro Murata

Dr. Ichijo

Tetsuya Takeda

Old Maid

Wakaba Irie

Toshihiko's Father

Kiyotaka Nanbara

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blank13

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7.5

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