Completed - JAPANESE - Drama, Fantasy - 179 minutes
Three youth jump into the screen in a theater which will be closed for good. Shot in his hometown Onomichi for the first time in 20 years, Nobuhiko Obayashi brings this fantasy film with a compelling message.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Nobuhiko OBAYASHI Writer(s) : Nobuhiko OBAYASHI Cast : Takuro ATSUKI, Takahito HOSOYAMADA, Yoshihiko HOSODA, Rei YOSHIDA, Takako TOKIWA Producer(s) : Kazuyoshi OKUYAMA, Hisao NABESHIMA
Setouchi Kinema, the only movie theater on the Onomichi seafront, is about to close its doors. Its last night of existence will be an all-night marathon screening of Japanese war films. When lightning strikes the theater, three young men in the audience find themselves thrown back in time into the world inside the screen. The trio are thrust into the Boshin War, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Battle of Okinawa and then finally Hiroshima on the eve of the atomic bombing. There, they meet the traveling theater troupe “Sakura-tai”.But can they alter the course of destiny to save the troupe?
Country(ies) : JAPAN
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