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The Nearest Place to the Sky (1994)
Directed by Shôji Kôkami
Drama · 1h 42m
Kitagawa, a top salesman with an impressive record, is hiding a dark secret—he borrowed the 9 million yen of his record from loan sharks. One day, while being pursued by the yakuza, he escapes to a rooftop where he unexpectedly meets a mysterious elderly woman and an office worker. Soon, the rooftop transforms into a serene escape, as they find themselves playing nostalgic childhood games like "Kick the Can" and "Red Light, Green Light." But beneath the surface, all three of them are hiding a significant secret...
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Shôji Kôkami
- Screenplay
- Shôji Kôkami
- Director of Photography
- Motokichi Hasegawa
- Original Music Composer
- Bun Itakura
- Editor
- Hirohide Abe
Details
- Original title
- 青空に一番近い場所
- Release date
- 1994-10-15
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Third Stage
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Mayumi Hasegawa
Junko Maya
Akaji Maro
Ken'ichi Ishii
Ren Osugi
Haruhiko Saito
Hiromi Iwasaki
Tomokazu Miura