Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? (1995)
Original title: 打ち上げ花火、下から見るか？横から見るか？
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom? is a 1995 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Shunji Iwai, with a running time of 50m. It stars Megumi Okina, Yuta Yamazaki and Takayuki Sorita.
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 as Nazuna Oikawa
- Yuta Yamazaki as Norimichi Shimada
- Takayuki Sorita as Yusuke Azumi
- Kenji Kohashi as Jun'ichi Hayashi
- Kuniko Asagi as Haruko Miura
- Ken Mitsuishi as Kurata
- Hajime Yamazaki as Norimichi's Father
- Kanako Fukaura as Norimichi's Mother
- Tomorowo Taguchi as Yusuke's Father
- Mitsuko Ishii as Nazuna's Mother
- Yôko Nakajima as Nurse
- Toshiya Sakai as Mr. Yasu