On September 9th, the day of the Katakai Fireworks Festival, high school student Hana comes home from the hospital after six months of treatment for leukemia. She then discovers that her older brother Taro has become a social recluse. Taro used to be tender, smart and proud of his younger sister, but now he even turns his back on her and stays in his room. With Hana's help Taro slowly opens up to the world again. Then, with winter approaching, Hana has a relapse with her leukemia. Taro comes to the hospital everyday to visit Hana and soon learns that the Katakai Fireworks Festival is a symbol of happiness for Hana. Taro then takes the initiative to make Hana happy and approaches the town's youth group once more for admittance.
Directed by Masahiro Kunimoto
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Cast
Kengo Kora
Taro Sudo
Mitsuki Tanimura
Hana Sudo
Yoshiko Miyazaki
Tomoko Sudo
Ren Osugi
Kuniakira Sudo
Saori
Kayo Okazaki
Hiroyuki Onoue
Atsushi Kobayashi
Rei Okamoto
Kasumi Tejima
Ryuta Sato
Arima
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Sekiyama
Sansei Shiomi
Kubo
Ayame Goriki
Hiromi Hayase
Kōko Mori
Nomoto Chizuru
Mayumi Asaka
Nakahara
Anna Nose
Fujisawa
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