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Jun 11, 2018 · An ensemble cast of Japanese cinema’s rising stars plays out Obayashi’s fever dream of youth, desire, and romance within an extravagantly stylized cinematic hyperreality full of his signature ...
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10. 602 views 2 years ago. Part of Obayashi's Tragedies of Youth trilogy. After being diagnosed with stage four lung cancer at the age of 80 and given months to live, Nobuhiko Obayashi set out to...
In the spring of 1941, wide-eyed seventeen-year-old Toshihiko Sakakiyama (Shunsuke Kubozuka) arrives in the coastal town of Karatsu in Saga Prefecture and befriends a group of teenage classmates who fall in love, quarrel, and stumble through their remaining days of youth as war looms on the horizon.
Hanagatami streaming: where to watch online? Currently you are able to watch "Hanagatami" streaming on Criterion Channel, Fandor, Fandor Amazon Channel, AsianCrush. It is also possible to buy "Hanagatami" on Amazon Video as download or rent it on Amazon Video online.
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Watch trailer. Genres: Drama. Duration: 2 hours 49 minutes. Subtitles: English. Availability: Limited + Show. (Turn on English subtitles with the CC button at the bottom right) The final film in Nobuhiko Obayashi's Anti-War Trilogy. Hanagatami 花筐 (2017)
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Sixteen-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.
Hanagatami: Directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi. With Shunsuke Kubozuka, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Keishi Nagatsuka, Tokio Emoto. Fulfilling his filmmaking dream of 40 years, Nobuhiko Obayashi's luminous new feature "Hanagatami" delivers a timeless story of the pureness of youth beset by the chaos of war.
