The Island Closest to Heaven explained

The Island Closest to Heaven
Native Name:	Kana: 天国にいちばん近い島 Revhep: Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima
Director:	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Producer:	Haruki Kadokawa
Starring:	Tomoyo Harada^[1]
Editing:	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Runtime:	102 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1984 Japanese film directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, based on an original story by .^[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]
• ^[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]

Notes and References

1. Book: ja:フィルムメーカーズ20 大林宣彦 . Filmmakers 20: Nobuhiko Obayashi . ja . Higuchi Naofumi .

   ja:樋口尚文

   . . 2019 . 244 . 978-4-8016-0207-6.
2. Web site: The Island Closest to Heaven . Radio Times . 30 November 2022.