# Casting Blossoms to the Sky (2012)

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**Original title**: *この空の花 長岡花火物語*
**Runtime**: 160 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Drama, War
**Directed by**: Nobuhiko Obayashi
**Written by**: Nobuhiko Obayashi, Kôji Hasegawa
**Starring**: Yasuko Matsuyuki, Masahiro Takashima, Natsuki Harada, Minami Inomata, Saki Terashima, Toshio Kakei

> *If people made pretty fireworks instead of bombs there wouldn't have been any wars.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You arrive in Nagaoka to cover the earthquake damage and find its layered scars from war and quakes. The city’s ghosts linger in a student’s unfinished play that belonged to your ex. An old stagehand hands you a script. The wind carries both ash and petals.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, slow-burn

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