The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky 2012
6.5 / 10
The Cowards Who Looked to the Sky
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)
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)
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Release Date:
Sep 09, 2012 (Japan)
Run Time:
2hr 22`
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Original Language:
Japanese
Production Countries:
Japan
Status:
Released
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Kato Fumiaki... Assistant Director
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... Takumi
... Anzu
... Midwife / Takumi's mother
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