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JAPAN · 2017

Hanagatami

Nobuhiko Obayashi
Japanese New Wave coming of age wartime Japan adolescent friendship illness and mortality coastal setting
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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.

Year2017
CountryJapan
DirectorNobuhiko Obayashi
MovementJapanese New Wave
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