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This Country's Sky

5.4 130 mins Drama   2015
Studio3   KATSU-do   Yoshimoto Creative Agency  
Director(s): Haruhiko Arai

Release Date: 01 Sat, Aug 2015

In suburban Tokyo in 1945, years of war and concentrated air raids by US forces have left the city in tatters and the population poor, tired, and hungry. The 19-year-old Satoko and her mother bide their time working nominal jobs and trying to stave off hunger. A displaced aunt turns up looking for shelter, but she is just another hungry mouth to feed. Satoko is becoming a woman and is drawn to the only eligible man in the neighborhood. This is a decidedly quiet film that focuses on a single character and her survival in dire circumstances in the spring of her life.

Casts of This Country's Sky

Fumi Nikaido

as Satoko

Hiroki Hasegawa

as Ichikawa

Youki Kudoh

as Satoko's mother

Go Riju

as

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