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Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?

打ち上げ花火、下から見るか?横から見るか?
1995 49 min Romance · Drama

Over the course of a summer, small arguments swell into grand quests among sixth-graders examining fireworks’ shapes. The boys chase shape theory while a classmate tests escape plans by picking one confidant. It stops just shy of feeling like a metaphor everyone missed.

Directed by Shunji Iwai · Written by Shunji Iwai

Starring Megumi Okina, Yuta Yamazaki, Takayuki Sorita, Kenji Kohashi, Kuniko Asagi, Ken Mitsuishi

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