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Hanagatami

Hanagatami

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 16, 2017

Runtime

2h 49m

Genres

Drama, Romance, War

User Score

72%

Original Title

花筐

Production Companies

PSC, Karatsu Film Committee

Director

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Description

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.