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Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1993)
Directed by Shunji Iwai
Drama, Romance · 50m
One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is troubled by her parents' separation and decides to choose one of the boys to run away with.
Cast
Megumi Okina
Nazuna Oikawa
Yuta Yamazaki
Norimichi Shimada
Takayuki Sorita
Yusuke Azumi
Kenji Kohashi
Jun'ichi Hayashi
Kuniko Asagi
Haruko Miura
Ken Mitsuishi
Kurata
Hajime Yamazaki
Norimichi's Father
Kanako Fukaura
Norimichi's Mother
Tomorowo Taguchi
Yusuke's Father
Mitsuko Ishii
Nazuna's Mother
Yôko Nakajima
Nurse
Toshiya Sakai
Mr. Yasu
Crew
- Director
- Shunji Iwai
- Screenplay
- Shunji Iwai
- Director of Photography
- Koji Kanaya
- Original Music Composer
- REIMY
- Editor
- Ichiro Chaen
- Producer
- Izumi Harada
Details
- Original title
- 打ち上げ花火、下から見るか？横から見るか？
- Release date
- 1993-08-26
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Nippon Herald Films, Herald Ace