The Name of the Whale

'Isanatori', 2015

Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The junior high school boy with a zeal for finding fossils discovers the history of his hometown and experiences the changes around him. This is an ...

Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The junior high school boy with a zeal for finding fossils discovers the history of his hometown and experiences the changes around him. This is an ...

Director

Fumito Fujikawa

Runtime

91 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Drama

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The Name of the Whale

Fumito Fujikawa, 2015

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Awards

Pia Film Festival

Nominated

2015

Grand Prize

CineLibri Award for Short Film based on Work of Literature

Winner

2015

Audience Award

Winner

2015

Japan P.E.N Club Award

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Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The junior high school boy with a zeal for finding fossils discovers the history of his hometown and experiences the changes around him. This is an ...

Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The junior high school boy with a zeal for finding fossils discovers the history of his hometown and experiences the changes around him. This is an ambitious work that depicts the land and time by blending various drama and documentary footage.

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Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The junior high school boy with a zeal for finding fossils discovers the history of his hometown and experiences the changes around him. This is an ...

Synopsis

Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The junior high school boy with a zeal for finding fossils discovers the history of his hometown and experiences the changes around him. This is an ambitious work that depicts the land and time by blending various drama and documentary footage.

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Cast & crew

Cast

Shunto Tanaka

Actor

Yuto Kimura

Actor

Sanshiro Takehiro

Actor

Crew

Director

Fumito Fujikawa

Screenwriter

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