Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (Uchiage hanabi, shita kara Miruka? Yoko kara Miruka?)

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Directed by

Shunji Iwai

Starring (View all)

Yuta Yamazaki
Norimichi Shimada

Megumi Okina
Nazuna Oikawa

Kenji Kohashi
Jyun'ichi

Yoshikazu Ebisu
Move oden stew restaurant visitor

Kanako Fukaura
Norimichi's mother

Mitsuko Ishii
Nazuna's mother

Ken Mitsuishi
Teacher

Toshiya Sakai
Yas-san

Written by

Shunji Iwai

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Description: On the day when a fireworks display is planned, Norimichi, Yusuke, and their friends at school in a Japanese seaside town cannot agree whether or not fireworks are "flat" or "round" when they explode in the sky. With her parents divorcing, the young teenager Nazuna has more serious matters on her mind. Although unknown to the others, Nazuna's mother intends to take her away after the summer break. When Norimichi and Yusuke race 50 meters in the swimming pool, Nazuna secretly decides that the winner will accompany her when she runs away from home. Meanwhile the gang from school decides that the best way to fig ... (more)

Release date: 12 August 1995

Tags: Japan (2), Drama (1), 1993 (1), 1990s (1), East Asia (1)

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