Film

Pandora's Box

2009 · 1h 34m · Drama

IMDb

7.3

After Japan's defeat in WWII, "Pandora no hako" follows a young man named Risuke who has contracted tuberculosis. He travels to the countryside to a unique nursing facility to receive treatment for his disease. At the sanatorium all the patients and nurses go by nicknames and Risuke decides to reinvent himself as Hibari. During his stay, Hibari develops realationships with other patients and nurses. After Hibari's friend Tsuikushi gets discharged from the nursing facility, Hibari writes to him about his relationships with Dakesang the chief nurse and Mabo another nurse that is bright and seems to like him.

Shota Sometani

Risuke/Hibari

Mieko Kawakami

Daekesang

Yosuke Kubozuka

Tsukushi

Riisa Naka

Mabo

Yutaka Oda

Ryo Fukawa

Yoriko Doguchi

Mickey Curtis

Kiki

• Masanori TominagaDirector · Writer · Editor
• Osamu DazaiNovel
• Toshikazu NishigayaProducer
• Atsuko OhnoProducer
• Motoki KobayashiDirector of Photography
• Naruyoshi KikuchiOriginal Music Composer

Release date

October 10, 2009

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Drama