Fireworks from the Heart

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Movie: Fireworks from the Heart
Romaji: Oniichan no Hanabi
Japanese: おにいちゃんのハナビ
Director: Masahiro Kunimoto
Writer: Masafumi Nishida
Producer:
Cinematographer:
Release Date: September 25, 2010
Runtime: 119 min.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

On September 9th, the day of the Katakai Fireworks Festival, high school student Hana (Mitsuki Tanimura) comes home from the hospital after six months of treatment for leukemia. She then discovers that her older brother Taro (Kengo Kora) has become a hikikomori (social recluse). Taro used to be tender, smart and proud of his younger sister, but now he even turns his back on her and stays in his room. Her parents act like there is nothing wrong with him.

Later that evening, Hana attends the Katakai Fireworks Festival and observes the town's youth group happily planning for next year's event. She decides to get Taro involved with the group in an effort to bring him out of his shell. Hana drags Taro out of his room and to the youth group office. Unfortunately, Taro is not accepted as a member. Hana, nevertheless, is determined to get Taro back into society and helps him find a part-time job as a paper boy & into the adult meetings for the Katakai Fireworks Festival.

With Hana's help Taro slowly opens up to the world again. Then, with winter approaching, Hana has a relapse with her leukemia. Taro comes to the hospital everyday to visit Hana and soon learns that the Katakai Fireworks Festival is a symbol of happiness for Hana. Taro then takes the initiative to make Hana happy and approaches the town's youth group once more for admittance ...

Cast



Kengo Kora	Mitsuki Tanimura	Yoshiko Miyazaki	Ren Osugi	Saori Koide
Taro Sudo	Hana Sudo	Tomoko Sudo	Kuniakira Sudo	Kayo Okazaki



Hiroyuki Onoue	Rei Okamoto	Ryuta Sato	Kuranosuke Sasaki	Sansei Shiomi
Atsushi Kobayashi	Kasumi Tejima	Arima	Sekiyama	Kubo

Additional Cast Members:

Mayuri Hirose - Yumiko Kudo
Ayame Gouriki - Hiromi Hayase
Kento Shibuya - Tsutomu Tanaka
Koko Mori - Nomoto Chizuru
Reika Shigehiro - Mina Matsuda
Mayumi Asaka - Nakahara
Anna Nose - Fujisawa
Daiki Shiomi

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Comments

Comment #4
megumi_chan Says:
Nov 10 2011 1:18 am

watched it today and it was the best heart touching movie i've ever watched..
i was crying like there's no tmw .. T_T
the character was so into it, esp hana & his brother :)
in my opinion, this is much more better than one little's tears drama ~~

;)
Comment #3
Fumiko Says:
Jul 13 2011 12:09 pm

I was on a flight to Tokyo last year and was absolutely bawling when I saw this movie (rather uncomfortable seeing as that I was seated on a plane...I used the pillow as a tissue). It's incredibly touching and if you can, see it.

And buy a box of tissues: you'll need them.
Comment #2
LoneWolf Says:
Mar 17 2011 11:14 pm

@Hung,

Yes you can buy it from cdjapan.co.jp if you wish. Just search for the romanji name.

LoneWolf
Comment #1
Hung Ky Nguyen Says:
Dec 06 2010 12:08 am

Dear Manager,

My name is Hung Ky Nguyen. I live and work in Australia. On a conference trip in Kobe, Japan last week, My wife and I deeply touched by the story. It is a beautiful and emotional. Life will be an ideal place if all people had a good nature like Hana. Please let me know if I can buy the movie.

Yours sincerely,

Hung Ky Nguyen