Movie: Welcome Home, Hayabusa
Romaji: Okaeri Hayabusa
Japanese: おかえり、はやぶさ
Director: Katsuhide Motoki
Writer: Arisa Kaneko
Producer: Kenichi Tamura, Chiaki Noji, Hideaki Miyoshi, Junichi Sakomoto
Cinematographer: Junichi Fujisawa
Release Date: March 10, 2012
Runtime: 114 min.
Distributor: Shochiku
Genre: Drama
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Plot
Kento Ohashi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is a novice ion engine developer working on a team that is launching the unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft into outerspace. His father Isao (Tomokazu Miura) was the leader of a previously failed space probe named Nozomi. Now, Kento pursues his dreams and his father’s while experiencing the unexpected surprises that comes with the Hayabusa’s 7 year odyssey.
Cast:
Yuko Takeuchi – Megumi Mizusawa
Toshiyuki Nishida – Yasuhiro Matoba
Masahiro Takashima – Kenichi Sakagami
Shiro Sano – Koichi Kawabuchi
Koji Yamamoto – Manabu Tajima
Shingo Tsurumi – Osamu Kita
Toshio Kakei – Yutaka Yabuki
Miwako Ichikawa – Kanako Odajima
Masahiro Komoto – Takayuki Hirayama
Magi – Tetsuya Fukumoto
Jiro Sato – Hideki Isomura
Bokuzo Masana – Koji Nagashima
Goro Oishi
Yoshihiro Nozoe – council member
Taro Suwa – Chairman Tanabe
Sabu Kawahara – Chairman Sagawa
Hana Kino – Kazuyo
Yoneko Matsukane – supermarket clerk
Yoshikazu Ebisu – grandfather
Keiko Toda – newscaster
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