Film

The Boat to Heaven

2003 · 1h 49m

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.

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Haruhito Ishida

Keizo Kanie

Keiko Matsuzaka

Setsuko Ishida

Akiko Nishina

Somemaru

Miki Sakai

Norie Kinoshita

Kippei Shiina

Hatsuo Nogawa

Taro Yamamoto

Yoji Ikeda

Reiko Takashima

Kiyoko Sakurai

Kunie Tanaka

Masato Sakurai

Asahi Uchida

Masahiko Sakurai

Naoki Kawano

• Mitsutoshi TanakaDirector
• Masashi SadaNovel
• Nobuyuki TohyaExecutive Producer
• Kōzō ShibazakiDirector of Photography

Release date

September 13, 2003

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 49m