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Release Date:
September 16, 2017
Original Title:
望郷
Genres:
Drama | Family
Production Companies:
Avex Digital
FINE Entertainment
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
JP: G
Runtime: 112
Mutsuko has been living on an island to which her grandmother and mother have restricted her from leaving. To Mutsuko, the symbol of her freedom was Dreamland, an amusement park on the mainland, but she learns it will be closing permanently this year. Meanwhile, Wataru returns to the island after nine years due to a job transfer. A pupil of his deceased father pays him a visit and tells him about a side of his father he did not know about.
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Assistant Director:
Kyouhei Tamazawa
Cinematography:
Yasuyuki Sasaki
Director:
Takeo Kikuchi
Editor:
Azusa Yamazaki
Lighting Design:
Hidenori nagata
Music:
Gary Ashiya
Producer:
Kazuya Tsujimura
Yuki Seike
Screenplay:
Noriaki Sugihara
Short Story:
Kanae Minato
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