The Island Closest to Heaven

1984 Japanese film

Japanese name

Kana

天国にいちばん近い島

Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn	Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima

Directed by

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Screenplay by

Kenmochi Wataruy [ja]^[1]

Story by

Morimura Katsura [ja]^[1]

Produced by

Haruki Kadokawa^[1]

Starring

Tomoyo Harada^[1]

Cinematography

Sakamoto Yoshitaka [ja]^[1]

Edited by

Nobuhiko Obayashi^[1]

Music by

Asakawa Tomoyuki [ja]^[1]

Release date

15 December 1984 (1984-12-15)

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Running time

102 minutes^[1]

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

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

Tomoyo Harada^[1]
Ryōichi Takayanagi [ja]^[1]
Tōru Minegishi^[1]
Miyoko Akaza^[1]
Shigeru Izumiya^[1]
Yukihiro Takahashi^[1]
Kayo Matsuo^[1]
Nenji Kobayashi^[1]
Hideo Murota^[1]
Nobuko Otowa^[1]

References

^ ^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.