The Island Closest to Heaven
After her father’s sudden death, a Japanese schoolgirl travels to New Caledonia in search of the island of the title.
A film by Nobuhiko Obayashi
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- Released
- 1984
- Genre
- Drama
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Audio
- Stereo
- Subtitles
- English
- Quality
- FHD
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85:1
About the film
Based on an original story by Katsura Morimura, Nobuhiko Obayashi (director of the cult classic House) brings us this sweet, coming-of-age story about growing up and finding yourself.
After her father’s sudden death, a Japanese high school girl (played by Tomoyo Harada of Obayashi’s The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) travels to the southwest Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia in search of the location, which they had agreed to visit together, of the film’s title. From her encounters with Japanese émigrés and locals, she learns where the real island closest to heaven may be found.
- Directed by
- Nobuhiko Obayashi
- Studio
- Third Window Films
- Distributed by
- Third Window Films
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What people are saying
“one of the Obayashi films to which I fondly come back just to revisit the tranquil ambience”
Inside the film
Cast & crew
- Nobuhiko ObayashiDirector
- Katsura MorimuraWriter
- Wataru KenmotsuWriter
- Haruki KadokawaProducer
- Yoshitaka SakamotoCinematographer
- Tomoyuki AsakawaComposer
- Tomoyo HaradaActor · Mari
- Ryoichi TakayanagiActor · Taro
- Toru MinegishiActor
