Kaerazaru hibi

Kaerazaru hibi
Directed by	Toshiya Fujita
Produced by	Hiroshi Okada
Written by	Toshiya Fujita Kyohei Nakaoka
Starring	Jun Etō Toshiyuki Nagashima
Production company	Nikkatsu
Release dates	August 19, 1978
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Kaerazaru hibi (Japanese: 帰らざる日々) is a 1978 Japanese film directed by Toshiya Fujita.

Synopsis

The story of a high school boy (Toshiyuki Nagashima) in Tokyo returning to his home town of Nagano upon the death of his father.^[1]

Cast

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

Reception

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.^[2]

3rd Hochi Film Awards^[3]

• Won: Best Newcomer - Toshiyuki Nagashima

Availability

The film was released by Nikkatsu on DVD August 6, 2004.^[4]

References

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

External links

• Kaerazaru hibi at the Internet Movie Database
• 帰らざる日々 at the Japanese Movie Database (Japanese)