A Distant Neighborhood (Japanese: 遥かな町へ, Hepburn: Harukana Machi e) is a Japanese manga by Jiro Taniguchi. It was adapted into a live-action French-Belgian film in 2010.[1][2]
| A Distant Neighborhood | |
 Cover of volume 1. | |
| 遥かな町へ (Harukana Machi e) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Jiro Taniguchi |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | Fanfare/Ponent Mon |
| Magazine | Big Comic |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | 1998 – 1999 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Live-action film | |
| Quartier Lointain / Vertraute Fremde | |
| Directed by | Sam Garbarski |
| Released | 20 May 2010 |
Plot
editMiddle-aged salaryman Hiroshi Nakahara accidentally takes a train ride back to his old hometown to visit his mother's grave. Then, for reasons he cannot explain, Hiroshi is transported over 30 years into the past, reacquainting himself with the family he has since lost and the individual memories he has since forgotten.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "A Distant Neighborhood, Wonderful World Trailers Posted". Anime News Network. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "Taniguchi's Harukana Machi e Gets European Film". Anime News Network. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
External links
edit- A Distant Neighborhood at IMDb
- A Distant Neighborhood (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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