The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky

Movie·2012·2h 22m

The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky

Directed By

Yuki Tanada

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: ふがいない僕は空を見た

Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, this boldly erotic yet movingly tender portrait of a group of vulnerable, variously wounded people — a depressed housewife, her high-school-aged lover, and his best friend, who is struggling to provide for himself and his senile grandmother — whose intersecting lives yield both sorrow and a fragile, yet enduring, hope for a brighter future. (TIFF)

Written By

Kosuke Mukai

Producer

Gen Sato, Toshiki Kimura

Cinematography

Ryo Otsuka

Music

Shuhei Kamimura

Editor

Ryuji Miyajima

Themes

japanbased on novel or bookrelationshipwoman director

Production House

Toei Video Company
TOEI CHANNEL
Stairway

Audience Score

67%

20 votes

Skip11%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection26%

Where to watch

Region: JP

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Cast

Kento Nagayama

Kento Nagayama

Takumi

Tomoko Tabata

Tomoko Tabata

Anzu

Mieko Harada

Mieko Harada

Midwife

Takahiro Miura

Takahiro Miura

Fukuda

Masataka Kubota

Masataka Kubota

Ena Koshino

Ena Koshino

Nana

Rie Minemura

Rie Minemura

Machiko

Miharu Tanaka

Aki Kajiwara

Aki Kajiwara

Gin Pun Chou

Gin Pun Chou

Yoh Yoshida

Yoh Yoshida

Takashi Yamanaka

Takashi Yamanaka

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Hiroshi Yamamoto

Runa Endo

Runa Endo

// crew

Crew

Yuki Tanada

Yuki Tanada

Director

Ryo Otsuka

Director of Photography

Shuhei Kamimura

Original Music Composer

Gen Sato

Gen Sato

Producer

Toshiki Kimura

Producer

Kazuo Kato

Executive Producer

Ryuji Miyajima

Ryuji Miyajima

Editor

Kosuke Mukai

Kosuke Mukai

Screenplay

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