Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?

打ち上げ花火、下から見るか？横から見るか？

1993·50'

Shunji Iwai

DramaRomance

★ 7.1

Letterboxd TMDB #109302

One summer day, a group of sixth-grade boys have an argument about whether fireworks are round or flat when viewed from different angles and embark on a journey for the answer during the annual firework festival. Meanwhile, one of their classmates, Nazuna, is troubled by her parents' separation and decides to choose one of the boys to run away with.

Cast

Megumi Okina Nazuna Oikawa

Yuta Yamazaki Norimichi Shimada

Takayuki Sorita Yusuke Azumi

Kenji Kohashi Jun'ichi Hayashi

Kuniko Asagi Haruko Miura

Ken Mitsuishi Kurata

Hajime Yamazaki Norimichi's Father

Kanako Fukaura Norimichi's Mother

Tomorowo Taguchi Yusuke's Father

Mitsuko Ishii Nazuna's Mother

Yôko Nakajima Nurse

Toshiya Sakai Mr. Yasu