Heaven's Bookstore (2004)
1h 51m
Running Time
June 5, 2004Release Date
Heaven's Bookstore (2004)
1h 51m
Running Time
June 5, 2004Release Date
Plot.
Kenta, a young pianist who has just lost his job, is drowning his woes at a bar, when he meets a man in a Hawaiian shirt named Yamaki. He invites Kenta to work with him, and the next thing he knows, Kenta wakes up to find himself in a room he has never been in before. It is a strange room that seems to have no connection to life. He descends a staircase to find many shelves of books.
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Cast & Crew.
Yûko Takeuchi
Shoko / Natsuko
Tetsuji Tamayama
Kenta
Karina
Yui
Hirofumi Arai
Satoshi
Koji Ohkura
Maru
Tetsuo Shinohara
Director
Yoichiro Saito
Sentaro
Ayumu Saito
Concert Manager
Atsushi Matsuhisa
Writer
Wataru Tanaka
Writer
Kazuko Kato
Taeko Nagase
Kyoko Inukai
Writer
Morio Agata
Ikuro Nagase
Nozomu Enoki
Producer
Toshie Negishi
Ota
Nobuyuki Tohya
Producer
Sansei Shiomi
Nishiyama
Kyōko Kagawa
Sachi Hiyama
Haruko Wanibuchi
Heaven Coffee Shop Owner
Hideko Yoshida
Yone
Senri Sakurai
Tasuke
Teruyuki Kagawa
Takimoto
Yoshio Harada
Yamaki
Yasunari Takeshima
Bookstore Customer
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Heaven's Bookstore (天国の本屋, Tengoku no Honya) is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Tetsuo Shinohara about a struggling classical pianist who is sent to heaven to work in a bookstore. It is based on two novels, written by Atsushi Matsuhisa and Wataru Tanaka.