Hanagatami

Spring, 1941. 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.

Cast

Shunsuke Kubozuka

as Toshihiko Sakakiyama

Shinnosuke Mitsushima

as Ukai

Keishi Nagatsuka

as Kira

Tokio Emoto

as Aso

Honoka Yahagi

as Mina Ema

Hirona Yamazaki

as Akine

Mugi Kadowaki

as Chitose

Takako Tokiwa

as Keiko Ema

Takehiro Murata

as Professor Yamauchi

Tetsuya Takeda

as Dr. Ichijo

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