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1984 · 103 mins · Japanese
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Directed by
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Starring
Shigeru Izumiya, Hideo Murota, Miyoko Akaza, Nenji Kobayashi, Wakaba Irie, Tomoyo Harada

A Japanese teenager travels to New Caledonia in search of the fabled “island closest to heaven” that her late father had told her about.

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