A Distant Neighborhood Explained

A Distant Neighborhood
Ja Kanji:遥かな町へ
Ja Romaji:Harukana Machi e
Type:manga
Author:Jiro Taniguchi
Publisher:Shogakukan
Publisher En:Fanfare/Ponent Mon
Demographic:Seinen
Magazine:Big Comic
First:1998
Last:1999
Volumes:2
Type:live film
Quartier Lointain / Vertraute Fremde
Director:Sam Garbarski

is a Japanese manga by Jiro Taniguchi. It was adapted into a live-action French-Belgian film in 2010.[1] [2]

Plot

Middle-aged salaryman Hiroshi Nakahara accidentally takes a train ride back to his old hometown to visit his mother's grave. Then, for reasons he cannot explain, Hiroshi is transported over 30 years into the past, reacquainting himself with the family he has since lost and the individual memories he has since forgotten.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Distant Neighborhood, Wonderful World Trailers Posted. 20 April 2010. 15 August 2012. Anime News Network.
  2. Web site: Taniguchi's Harukana Machi e Gets European Film. 16 May 2008. 15 August 2012. Anime News Network.