Climber's High (2008)
クライマーズ・ハイ
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of the accident, Yuuki, in charge of this crash report at a local newspaper, faces a string of decision-making moments. What are news and a reporter? How should a man do his work and survive in a corporate hierarchy? What do family and friends mean to him? An intriguing story, which keeps the audience on the edge of tension and reality.
- Date of release
- 2008-07-05
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Masato Harada
Casting
- Shinichi Tsutsumi — Kazuo Kiki
- Masato Sakai — Tatsuya Sayama
- Machiko Ono — Chizuko Tamaki
- Kenichi Endo — Yohei Todoroki
- Keisuke Horibe — Zenkichi Tazawa
- Tsutomu Yamazaki — Raizo Shirakawa
- Tomorowo Taguchi — Enji Kishi
- Masahiro Takashima — Anzai Koichiro
- Denden — Masao Kamejima
- Magi — Benjiro Yoshii
- Kenichi Takitoh — Shusaku Kanzawa
- Sarutoki Minagawa — Yasuo Ito
Interesting facts
Climber's High is a 2008 Japanese film directed by Masato Harada. It is an adaptation of the novel Seventeen, titled in Japanese as Climber's High, by Hideo Yokoyama.
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