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Cast

Yūjirō Ishihara

Yūjirō Ishihara

Ruriko Asaoka

Ruriko Asaoka

Ken Yamauchi

Ken Yamauchi

Yoshie Mizutani

Yoshie Mizutani

Eijirō Tōno

Eijirō Tōno

Midori Tashiro

Midori Tashiro

Ken Mitsuda

Ken Mitsuda

Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

Yoshisuke Makino

Yoshisuke Makino

Goichi Yamada

Goichi Yamada

Masahiro Kinoshita

Masahiro Kinoshita

Shosei Muto

Shosei Muto

Ken Hatano

Ken Hatano

Gorō Tarumi

Gorō Tarumi

Yoshio Ōmori

Yoshio Ōmori

Yuzo Kiura

Yuzo Kiura

Tomo'o Nagai

Tomo'o Nagai

Seiji Matsuyama

Seiji Matsuyama

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Kotoe Hatsui

Kotoe Hatsui

Emiko Azuma

Emiko Azuma

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Kōjirō Kusanagi

Hiroshi Kondō

Hiroshi Kondō

Osamu Takizawa

Osamu Takizawa

Kyosuke Aihara

Kyosuke Aihara

Noriko Matsumoto

Noriko Matsumoto

Makiko Aoi

Makiko Aoi

Keisuke Noro

Keisuke Noro

Saburo Hiromatsu

Saburo Hiromatsu

Tomio Aoki

Tomio Aoki

Nobuo Kawakami

Nobuo Kawakami

Kenji Kawai

Kenji Kawai

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Ichirō Ikeda

Ichirō Ikeda

Screenplay

Eisuke Takizawa

Eisuke Takizawa

Director

Harumi Ibe

Harumi Ibe

Music

Kigen Kinoshita

Kigen Kinoshita

Assistant Director

Masaru Satō

Masaru Satō

Original Music Composer

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Facing to the Clouds

19620.0 / 10102 min
Drama

Overview

A rookie newspaper journalist, Takema Sakaki, has a strong sense of justice. In the Diet Building he gets acquainted with a library worker, Reiko Nakafuji. Reiko's father was a member of the Diet who was assassinated six years ago. Through Reiko, Takema joins Tsūkai-kai, a group of young people who respect her late father's political ideas. With the assistance of Tsukai-kai, Takema eventually uncovers the political scandal related to postwar compensation which led to the murder of Reiko's father.