The Boat to Heaven
精霊流し
Release: 2003-09-13
·Runtime: 109m
A young boy, Masahiko Sakurai, grows up in Nagasaki where he sees the clear blue ocean everyday. His mother wants him to be a violinist. To make her dream come true, Masahiko goes to Tokyo to learn the violin, and stays with his aunt, Setsuko, in Kamakura near Tokyo. Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka's adaptation of Masashi Sada's novel of the same name received the 21st Japanese Cinema Reconstruction and Promotion Award and the 46th Blue Ribbon Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Production Countries
Japan
Cast
Keizo Kanie
Keiko Matsuzaka
as Setsuko Ishida
Akiko Nishina
as Somemaru
Reiko Takashima
as Kiyoko Sakurai
Kunie Tanaka
as Masato Sakurai
Asahi Uchida
as Masahiko Sakurai
Naoki Kawano
Miki Sakai
as Norie Kinoshita
Kippei Shiina
as Hatsuo Nogawa
Taro Yamamoto
as Yoji Ikeda
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
as Haruhito Ishida
