- Country: Japan
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 2012-05-12
- Director: Sotaro Manabu
- Writers: Kôji Hasegawa , Sotaro Manabu
- Language: Japanese
- Stars: Misako Renbutsu , Shiho Fujimura , Yasuko Matsuyuki , Akira Emoto , Masahiro Takashima , Takashi Sasano , Toshie Negishi , Masayuki Yui , Mansaku Ikeuchi , Toshinori Omi
- Runtime: 160 min
- Awards: 2 nominations
- AKA: Casting Blossoms to the Sky (Singapore) , Virágok az égben: A nagaokai tűzijáték története (Hungary) , Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari , Casting Blossoms to the Sky (United States of America) , Sztuczne ognie z Nagaoki (Poland) , Casting Blossoms to the Sky , この空の花 長岡花火物語 (Japan)
- Plot:
In 2011, a journalist arrives in Nagaoka, a Japanese village that underwent destruction during both World War II and the 2004 Chūetsu earthquakes, and is now notable for the fireworks it launches annually in memory of the victims of war. She is there for two reasons: firstly, to learn about the experiences of Nagaoka’s inhabitants, and secondly, to watch a stage play written by an enigmatic student of her ex-boyfriend, which depicts the bombing of the city during WWII.
- IMDB:tt1746581
Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari Cast · · · ALL
Sotaro Manabu
Director
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Reiko Endo
Masahiro Takashima
Kenichi Katayama
Natsuki Harada
Wakako Inoue
Minami Inomata
Hana Motoki
Saki Terashima
Young Ririko Motoki
Toshio Kakei
Goro Matsushita
Naoyuki Morita
Ryo Takahashi
Mansaku Ikeuchi
Takashi Mishima
Takashi Sasano
Akiyoshi Muraoka
Koji Ishikawa
Kiyoshi Yamashita
Sumiko Fuji
Ririko Motoki
Shiho Fujimura
Kaoru Endo
Toshinori Omi
Tadahiko Takayama
Takehiro Murata
Tamio Mori
Misako Renbutsu
Young Kaoru Endo
Takuro Atsuki
Sadao Motoki
Tôru Shinagawa
Sumio Shinkai
Akira Emoto
Seijiro Nose
Chōei Takahashi
Fumihiko Sato
Shirô Namiki
Yasunari Motomura
Yuto Kobayashi
Shintaro Sone
Mayuu Kusakari
Rui Hatayama
Kanae Katsuno
Nobuko Satonaka
Tomoko Hoshino
Fumiko Nose
Toshie Negishi
Yae Nose