The Climbers High

Kuraimâzu hai, feature film, 2008.

DIRECTED BY: Masato Harada

The Climbers High

CAST:
Shin'ichi Tsutsumi (Kazuo Yuki),
Masato Sakai (Tatsuya Sayama),
Machiko Ono (Chizuko Tamaki),
Masahiro Takashima (Anzai Koichiro)

SCRIPT:
Masato Haradam,
Masato Kato,
Izuru Narushima (prema romanu Hidea Yokoyame)

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Gen Kobayashi

Synopsis:
Based on an actual event, the tragic airplane accident of August 12, 1985, the film follows a local journalist who covers the story. After the plane crashed, only 4 people from 524 passengers survived. The journalist worked on the story from the beginning and, faced with many rumors as well as the truth about the event, he tries to solve issues connected to his own career, journalistic ethics and private life.

color, 35mm, 145 min