The Island Closest to Heaven
Japanese name
Kana天国にいちばん近い島
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnTengoku ni ichiban chikai shima
Directed byNobuhiko Obayashi
Screenplay byKenmochi Wataruy[1]
Story byMorimura Katsura[1]
Produced byHaruki Kadokawa[1]
Starring
CinematographySakamoto Yoshitaka[1]
Edited byNobuhiko Obayashi[1]
Music byAsakawa Tomoyuki[1]
Release date
  • 15 December 1984 (1984-12-15)
[1]
Running time
102 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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.[1]

Plot

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 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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