CLIMBER'S HIGH (2008)

Climber's High
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Climber's High
Drama
July 5, 2008
Japanese
2h 25m
Japan
Toei Company

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.

Cast & Characters

Masato Sakai

Tatsuya Sayama

Machiko Ono

Chizuko Tamaki

Kenichi Endo

Yohei Todoroki

Keisuke Horibe

Zenkichi Tazawa

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Raizo Shirakawa

Masahiro Takashima

Anzai Koichiro

Denden

Masao Kamejima

Magi

Benjiro Yoshii

Kenichi Takitoh

Shusaku Kanzawa

Kenichi Yajima

Masashi Moriya

Shinji Hiwatashi

Naoki Kuresaka

Toshihiro Yashiba

Tokihiko Moriwaki

Akira Otaka

Shintaro Fujinami

Maho Nonami

Minami Kuroda

Naomi Nishida

Sayuri Anzai

Ikuji Nakamura

Takaaki Kasuya

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Rintaro Anzai

Crew

Izuru Narushima

Screenplay

Masato Katō

Screenplay

Takatsugu Muramatsu

Original Music Composer

Gen Kobayashi

Director of Photography