Casting Blossoms to the Sky

Casting Blossoms to the Sky (この空の花　長岡花火物語) is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi.

Premise
In the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, a journalist is invited to Nagaoka by her ex-boyfriend, a schoolteacher who is directing a play about how the city was decimated by a WWII air raid and the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake. She travels to the city to report on the disaster and perhaps to meet the ex-boyfriend. While there, she learns about the experiences of its inhabitants and stumbles upon a stage play written by an enigmatic student. The film tells the story of the city, its people and the various Japanese views of war (past and present).

Cast

 * Yasuko Matsuyuki - Reiko Endo
 * Masahiro Takashima - Kenichi Katayama
 * Natsuki Harada -Wakako Inoue
 * Minami Inomata - Motoki Hana
 * Saki Terashima
 * Toshio Kakei Goro Matsushita
 * Naoyuki Morita
 * Mansaku Ikeuchi
 * Takashi Sasano Akiyoshi Muraoka
 * Koji Ishikawa
 * Takahito Hosoyamada
 * Toshinori Omi
 * Takehiro Murata
 * Misako Renbutsu
 * Takuro Atsuki
 * Tôru Shinagawa
 * Akira Emoto
 * Chôei Takahashi
 * Shirô Namiki
 * Yuto Kobayashi
 * Mayuu Kusakari
 * Kanae Katsuno
 * Tomoko Hoshino
 * Toshie Negishi
 * Shusaku Uchida
 * Tsurutaro Kataoka - Makoto Nose
 * Hiroshi Inuzuka - Tsurukichi Nose
 * Masayuki Yui
 * Bengaru
 * Masao Kusakari - Jyuzaburo Hanagata
 * Sumiko Fuji - Ririko Motoki
 * Shiho Fujimura - Kaoru Endo