Release Date: 2009-10-10
Overview: After Japan's defeat in WWII, "Pandora no hako" follows a young man named Risuke (Shota Sometani) 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 (Yosuke Kubozuka) gets discharged from the nursing facility, Hibari writes to him about his relationships with Dakesang (Mieko Kawakami) the chief nurse and Mabo (Riisa Naka) another nurse that is bright and seems to like him.
Rating: 7.5 / 10
Shota Sometani
as Risuke/Hibari
Mieko Kawakami
as Daekesang
Yosuke Kubozuka
as Tsukushi
Riisa Naka
as Mabo
Yutaka Oda
as
Masanori Tominaga - Director
Masanori Tominaga - Writer
Toshikazu Nishigaya - Producer
Osamu Dazai - Novel
Atsuko Ohno - Producer
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