Casting Blossoms to the Sky

In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a city decimated during a WWII air raid and by the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, to report on the disaster; there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabitants and stumbles upon a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend.

Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi

Cast: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Masahiro Takashima, Natsuki Harada, Minami Inomata, Saki Terashima, Toshio Kakei, Naoyuki Morita, Mansaku Ikeuchi

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.