Hanagatami (2017)
December 16, 2017Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Shunsuke Kubozuka
Toshihiko Sakakiyama
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Ukai
Keishi Nagatsuka
Kira
Tokio Emoto
Aso
Honoka Yahagi
Mina Ema
Hirona Yamazaki
Akine
Mugi Kadowaki
Chitose
Takako Tokiwa
Keiko Ema
Takehiro Murata
Professor Yamauchi
Tetsuya Takeda
Dr. Ichijo
Wakaba Irie
Old Maid
Sotaro Manabu
Director
Kiyotaka Nanbara
Toshihiko's Father
Yuriko Ono
Toshihiko's Mother
Taiyo Okamoto
Ryo Ema
Toshie Negishi
Woman at the Brothel
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Old Prostitute
Takahito Hosoyamada
Military Police Man
Kayoko Shiraishi
Professor Yamauchi's Mother
Ryunosuke Okawa
Onnagata Actor
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Caligrapher
Masahiro Takashima
Akine's Father
Yujiro Hara
Akine's Brother
Tōru Shinagawa
Old Man at Festival
Takao Ito
Present Day Toshihiko
Kôichi Takeuchi
Art Direction
Terumichi Yamazaki
Producer
Toshiharu Aida
Production Design
Kujô Sanbongi
Editor / Director of Photography
Shigeru Moriwaki
Costume Design
Kyôko Ôbayashi
Executive Producer
Chieko Waguri
Makeup Artist
Koichi Fujisaki
Costume Design
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Director / Editor / Screenplay
Kosuke Yamashita
Original Music Composer
Akihiro Nakamura
Set Decoration
Shinji Rikitoku
Production Manager
Naomi Mikami
Assistant Director
Makoto Uchida
Sound Mixer
Yurugu Matsumoto
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 16, 2017
Original Name花筐
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 49m
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Hanagatami (花筐, lit. "Flower Basket") is a 2017 Japanese war film directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi, based on a 1937 novel by Kazuo Dan. The film tells a story of the purity of youth beset by the chaos of war, inspired by Obayashi's own childhood. It revolves around Toshihiko, a sixteen-year-old teenager who moves in with his aunt in Karatsu, and develops friendships and romances with the inhabitants of the town as World War II rages. The film was originally conceived during the 1970s, before Obayashi made his feature film directorial debut with House (1977), but was not produced for another 40 years. Before production, Obayashi was diagnosed with stage-four cancer and was only given a few months to live.
Hanagatami received acclaim, garnering numerous awards, including the Best Film Award at the 72nd Mainichi Film Awards. It was praised for its exuberant and vibrant visuals, its experimental and psychedelic direction and editing, its strong anti-war message and its sense of personalness. It is the third installment in a thematic trilogy of modern anti-war films by Obayashi, along with Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012) and Seven Weeks (2014).