The Boys Wanted to See Fireworks from the Side (1999)
A documentary looking back on the making of Shunji Iwai's TV play Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?.
Top billed cast
Megumi OkinaSelf
Yuta YamazakiSelf
Kenji Kohashi
Kuniko Asagi
Kanako Fukaura
Jirō KomakiSelf
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