(打ち上げ花火、下から見るか? 横から見るか? Uchiage Hanabi, Shita Kara Miru ka? Yoko Kara Miru ka? , also translated as Skyrockets, Watch from Below? Watch from the Side? ) is a 2017 Japanese animated romantic drama film produced by Shaft and was released by
Toho . It is based on the 1993 Japanese live-action
television drama and film of the same name by Shunji Iwai . Fireworks was directed by Nobuyuki Takeuchi, produced by Genki Kawamura, with a screenplay written by Hitoshi Ohne featuring music by Satoru Kōsaki . The film stars the voices of Suzu Hirose , Masaki Suda and
Mamoru Miyano .
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
Theatrical release poster Directed by
Akiyuki Shinbo
(chief)
Nobuyuki Takeuchi Produced by
Genki Kawamura Screenplay by
Hitoshi Ohne Based on
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
by Shunji Iwai Starring
Suzu Hirose
Masaki Suda
Mamoru Miyano
Shintarō Asanuma
Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Yūki Kaji
Kana Hanazawa
Takako Matsu Music by
Satoru Kōsaki Cinematography
Takayuki Aizu
Rei Egami Edited by
Rie Matsubara Production
company
Shaft Distributed by
Toho Release date
August 18, 2017 Running time
90 minutes [1] Country
Japan Language
Japanese Box office
$ 26 million
[2][3]
The film was released in Japan on August 18, 2017, and received mixed to positive reviews from critics, who praised the film for its music and animation. The film has grossed $26 million worldwide, becoming the sixth highest-grossing anime film of 2017 and the highest-grossing Shaft film.
Plot
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In the town of Moshimo, Norimichi Shimada and his friends, Yusuke, Miura and Jun'ichi live while harassing their teacher and the former half galvanising over the beauty of their classmate Nazuna Oikawa. Yusuke in particular speaks of confessing to Nazuna. However, Nazuna is poised to leave town. While not knowing this, the four make a bet regarding whether or not Fireworks look round or flat from the side.
Nazuna, on the day she is supposed to leave, picks up a small ball she finds pretty on her way to school. After school, she encounters Norimichi and Yusuke, both of which are on swimming duty. Challenging them to a race, the winner has to follow whatever she says, where Yusuke wins, and she asks him to meet her later. Returning home, her mother and father discuss whether leaving the town is a good idea, to which her mother claims 'she has no friends'. Nazuna then changes into a Yukata and packs a suitcase, trying to leave home.
However, later, Nazuna meets Norimichi at the nearby hospital, where she remarks that she had wanted Norimichi to win. Hastily dragged away by her mother, Norimichi picks up the ball from earlier, and realises that Yusuke did not meet her. He meets the other three again, and in a fit of rage, throws the ball at Yusuke, inadvertently reversing time.
Time having reversed to when the swimming competition occurred, it is shown what would have occurred had Norimichi won. Nazuna meets up with him, where instead of running away, she attempts to get work at a nearby store.
Cast
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Suzu Hirose as Nazuna Oikawa[4]
Masaki Suda as Norimichi Shimada [4]
Mamoru Miyano as Yūsuke Azumi [4]
Takako Matsu as Nazuna's mother [5]
Kana Hanazawa as Miura [5]
Shintarō Asanuma as Jun'ichi [5]
Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Kazuhiro [5]
Yūki Kaji as Minoru [5]
Production
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On December 7, 2016, Fireworks was announced with a theatrical release date of August 18, 2017 and is based on the live-action film of the same name by Shunji Iwai . Hitoshi Ohne is writing the script and will add modern elements to the original story. [6] The cast and crew were also announced. [4] The theme song for the film, titled "Uchiage Hanabi", is performed by Daoko and
Kenshi Yonezu. [7] The music video
