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Fireworks from the Heart (2010)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 59M

Director : Masahiro Kunimoto
Writer : Masafumi Nishida

Synopsis

On September 9th, the day of the Katakai Fireworks Festival, high school student Hana comes home from the hospital after six months of treatment for leukemia. She then discovers that her older brother Taro has become a social recluse. Taro used to be tender, smart and proud of his younger sister, but now he even turns his back on her and stays in his room. With Hana's help Taro slowly opens up to the world again. Then, with winter approaching, Hana has a relapse with her leukemia. Taro comes to the hospital everyday to visit Hana and soon learns that the Katakai Fireworks Festival is a symbol of happiness for Hana. Taro then takes the initiative to make Hana happy and approaches the town's youth group once more for admittance.

Actors

Kengo Kora
Kengo Kora
Taro Sudo
Mitsuki Tanimura
Mitsuki Tanimura
Hana Sudo
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko Sudo
Ren Osugi
Ren Osugi
Kuniakira Sudo
Saori Koide
Saori Koide
Kayo Okazaki
Hiroyuki Onoue
Hiroyuki Onoue
Atsushi Kobayashi
Rei Okamoto
Rei Okamoto
Kasumi Tejima
Ryuta Sato
Ryuta Sato
Arima
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Sekiyama
Sansei Shiomi
Sansei Shiomi
Kubo
Ayame Gouriki
Ayame Gouriki
Hiromi Hayase
Kōko Mori
Kōko Mori
Nomoto Chizuru
Mayumi Asaka
Mayumi Asaka
Nakahara
Anna Nose
Anna Nose
Fujisawa

Crews

Masahiro Kunimoto
Masahiro Kunimoto
Director
Masafumi Nishida
Masafumi Nishida
Screenplay
Tokushô Kikumura
Tokushô Kikumura
Director of Photography
Yukio Kondo
Yukio Kondo
Original Music Composer
Yoshihiro Kato
Yoshihiro Kato
Producer
Machiko Komatsu
Machiko Komatsu
Producer
Satoshi Suzuki
Satoshi Suzuki
Executive Producer
Kayo Konishi
Kayo Konishi
Original Music Composer

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