Sketches of Kaitan City
MovieTitle | 海炭市叙景 |
User score | 5.4 |
Release date | Dec 18, 2010 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Kazuyoshi Kumakiri |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Cinema Iris, Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting, Hokkaido Shinbun Press, Japan Sky Way, Rokkatei, Scrum Try, Slow Learner, Wilco Co. |
Run time | 152 min. |
The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go up a mountain to see the first sunrise of the year. Meanwhile, Haruo has inherited his family's gas business, but things aren't going well in his new endeavor and he becomes increasingly frustrated.