The Island Closest to Heaven

The Island Closest to Heaven
The Island Closest to Heaven
Japanese name
Kana	天国にいちばん近い島
Revised Hepburn
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima
Directed by	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Screenplay by	Kenmochi Wataruy [ja]
Story by	Morimura Katsura [ja]
Produced by	Haruki Kadokawa
Starring	Tomoyo Harada;
Cinematography	Sakamoto Yoshitaka [ja]
Edited by	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Music by	Asakawa Tomoyuki [ja]
Release date	15 December 1984;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Island Closest to Heaven (天国にいちばん近い島, Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima) is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, based on an original story by Morimura Katsura [fr].^[1]

Plot[edit]

After her father's sudden death, a Japanese high school girl travels to the southwest Pacific archipelago of New Caledonia in search of the location, which they had agreed to visit together, of the film's title. From her encounters with Japanese émigrés and locals, she learns where the real island closest to heaven may be found.^[1]^[2]

Cast[edit]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Higuchi Naofumi [in Japanese], ed. (2019). フィルムメーカーズ20 大林宣彦 [Filmmakers 20: Nobuhiko Obayashi] (in Japanese). Miyaobi Publishing Company. p. 244. ISBN 978-4-8016-0207-6.
^ "The Island Closest to Heaven". Radio Times. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

External links[edit]

The Island Closest to Heaven at IMDb
The Island Closest to Heaven at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)

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[Films-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Higuchi Naofumi [in Japanese], ed. (2019). フィルムメーカーズ20 大林宣彦 [Filmmakers 20: Nobuhiko Obayashi] (in Japanese). Miyaobi Publishing Company. p. 244. ISBN 978-4-8016-0207-6.

[2] "The Island Closest to Heaven". Radio Times. Retrieved 30 November 2022.

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