Overview
After Japan's defeat in WWII, "Pandora no hako" follows a young man named Risuke who has contracted tuberculosis. He travels to the countryside to a unique nursing facility to receive treatment for his disease. At the sanatorium all the patients and nurses go by nicknames and Risuke decides to reinvent himself as Hibari. During his stay, Hibari develops realationships with other patients and nurses. After Hibari's friend Tsuikushi gets discharged from the nursing facility, Hibari writes to him about his relationships with Dakesang the chief nurse and Mabo another nurse that is bright and seems to like him.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 10, 2009
- Original language
- Japanese
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Geneon Universal Entertainment,Tokyo Theatres Company,Kahoku Shimposha,Cinegriot,Sendai Television,PARADE Inc.,GIP
- Cast
- Shota Sometani,Mieko Kawakami,Yosuke Kubozuka,Riisa Naka,Yutaka Oda,Ryo Fukawa,Yoriko Doguchi,Mickey Curtis,Kiki
- Director
- Masanori Tominaga
- Writer
- Masanori Tominaga,Osamu Dazai
- Producer
- Toshikazu Nishigaya,Atsuko Ohno
- Cinematography
- Motoki Kobayashi
- Music
- Naruyoshi Kikuchi
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- View on IMDb