A Beautiful Star (美しい星, Utsukushii Hoshi) is a Japanese science fiction film directed by Daihachi Yoshida and based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Yukio Mishima.[1]

A Beautiful Star
Directed byDaihachi Yoshida
Written byDaihachi Yoshida
Seitarō Kai
Based onUtsukushii Hoshi
by Yukio Mishima
Starring
Music byTakuma Watanabe
Distributed byGAGA
Release date
  • May 26, 2017 (2017-05-26)
Running time
127 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Plot

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The Osugi family consists of the father Jūichirō Osugi (Lily Franky), mother Iyoko (Tomoko Nakajima), son Kazuo (Kazuya Kamenashi) and daughter Akiko (Ai Hashimoto). Over the course of the film, the father comes to believe that he is from Mars, the son that he is from Mercury and the daughter from Venus. Jūichirō works as a weather forecaster, Iyoko joins a pyramid scheme selling water, Kazuo is a bike messenger and Akiko is a college student with a complex about her beauty.

The family struggle, often in conflict, to address the threat of global warming.

Cast

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Awards

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Award Category Nominee Result
72nd Mainichi Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Ai Hashimoto Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "美しい星". eiga.com. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
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