Kaerazaru hibi (Japanese: 帰らざる日々, "Days Not Returning") is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Toshiya Fujita.[1]

Kaerazaru hibi
Directed byToshiya Fujita
Written byToshiya Fujita
Kyohei Nakaoka
Produced byHiroshi Okada
StarringJun Etō
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Production
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Release date
  • August 19, 1978 (1978-08-19)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Synopsis

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The story is about a high school boy (Toshiyuki Nagashima) in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father.[2]

Cast

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  • Jun Etō as Ryuzo Kuroiwa
  • Toshiyuki Nagashima as Tatsuo Nozaki
  • Mayumi Asano as Makiko Takemura
  • Kaori Takeda as Yumi Hira

Reception

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Kaerazaru hibi was nominated for the Award of the Japanese Academy in 1979 for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Director Toshiya Fujita won the Readers' Choice Award given by Kinema Junpo in 1979 as Best Japanese Film Director for the film.[3]

3rd Hochi Film Awards:[4]

Availability

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The film was released by Nikkatsu on DVD August 6, 2004.[5]

References

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  1. ^ 帰らざる日々. kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  2. ^ Jacoby, Alexander (2008). A Critical Handbook of Japanese Film Directors. Berkeley: Stone Bridge Press. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-1-933330-53-2.
  3. ^ "Kinema Junpo Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
  4. ^ 梶芽衣子が脱「さそり」で涙の主演女優賞. Yomiuri Shimbun (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  5. ^ "帰らざる日々 (DVD)" (in Japanese). www.amazon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
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