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The Day the Earth Moved

01/01/1997

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1hr 16min

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Drama

,Animation

STORY

January 16, 1995. Tsuyoshi Takahashi, a young student at Shiokaze elementary, is driven solely to get excellent grades. Because of this he often ignores those around him in his pursuit of perfection. Miho, a young girl in his class that wishes he would appreciate the people around him. Kazu a sickly and bed ridden classmate that lives near him. January 17, the 1995 Kobe / Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake strikes killing more than 6000 people and leaving 300 000 more homeless. Measuring 6.9 on the Richter Scale, it was the largest Earthquake to hit Japan since the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. In the aftermath of the quake, Tsuyoshi's finds his priorities changing. Dealing with the death of one friend while helping another to cope with a very personal loss, Tsuyoshi is forced to mature into someone who can no longer ignore the suffering around him.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Keiko Takeshita
  • Tetsuya Okazaki
  • Tetsuo Sakaguchi
  • Keiko Yamamoto
  • Yoshiko Ohta

    INFORMATION

      Production Companies

    • Tama Production
    • GoGo Visual Planning
    • Orix

      Production Countries

    • Japan

    LANGUAGES

    • Japanese

    Cast

    Keiko Takeshita

    Tetsuya Okazaki

    Tsuyoshi Takahashi

    Tetsuo Sakaguchi

    Keiko Yamamoto

    Yoshiko Ohta

    Koji Ishii

    Kanako Kubo