Film

Hanagatami

2017 · 2h 49m · Drama · Romance · War

IMDb

7.0

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

Spring, 1941: 16-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Toshihiko Sakakiyama

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

Ukai

Keishi Nagatsuka

Kira

Tokio Emoto

Aso

Honoka Yahagi

Mina Ema

Hirona Yamazaki

Akine

Mugi Kadowaki

Chitose

Takako Tokiwa

Keiko Ema

Takehiro Murata

Professor Yamauchi

Tetsuya Takeda

Dr. Ichijo

Wakaba Irie

Old Maid

Kiyotaka Nanbara

Toshihiko's Father

Yuriko Ono

Toshihiko's Mother

Taiyo Okamoto

Ryo Ema

Toshie Negishi

Woman at the Brothel

Shinnosuke Ikehata

Old Prostitute

• Nobuhiko ObayashiDirector · Editor · Screenplay
• Chiho KatsuraScreenplay
• Kazuo DanNovel
• Terumichi YamazakiProducer
• Kyōko ŌbayashiExecutive Producer
• Hisaki SanbongiEditor · Director of Photography
• Kosuke YamashitaOriginal Music Composer

Official Trailer

Release date

December 16, 2017

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 49m

Rated

PG12

Genres

Drama, Romance, War

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