Into the Faraway Sky (2007)

Director
Isao Yukisada

Main cast
Yuma Sasano; Suzuka Ohgo; Ryunosuke Kamiki; Kazuyoshi Hayashi; Ayumi Ito

Genres
Drama, Action

Description
A vast wheat field, a straight road that has no end, a sky without a single building in sight – this is a town in the country where time comfortably passes by. But this former paradise is now being stirred up by a fight amongst its people over constructing an airport. This is a tale of three young people exploring youth and friendship as they reach out into the sky.


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