Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Synopsis

In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of their own development to retrieve samples from an asteroid. Seven long years later, Hayabusa achieved its goal and was the first of any kind of craft launched from Earth to safely return samples of this kind to home base. The story was one of such great national pride for Japan, and in the wake of the tsunami and resulting tragedies in Japan it’s strong nationalistic message became the subject of no less than three rival films. Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s high-profile effort, simply titled Hayabusa (2011) starred the incomparable Toshiyuki Nishida. Most recently, Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012) was released to Japanese audiences. Slipping in between those two was Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home, concentrating on the people on the ground who helped return the probe safely.

Main Cast

Ken Watanabe

Junichiro Kawaguchi

Age : 64 | Popularity : 12%

Yosuke Eguchi

Hitoshi Fujinaka

Age : 56 | Popularity : 11%

Yui Natsukawa

Mari Inoue

Age : 55 | Popularity : 10%

Yukiyoshi Ozawa

Etsuya Kamata

Age : 49 | Popularity : 5%

Yuri Nakamura

Natsuko Matsumoto

Age : 42 | Popularity : 9%

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Yasuo Moriuchi

Age : 53 | Popularity : 4%

Renji Ishibashi

Haruo Kinoshita

Age : 82 | Popularity : 10%

Tatsuya Fuji

Yasunobu Marukawa

Age : 82 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Takuya Nishioka
	Book	Kazuma Yamane
Directing	Director	Tomoyuki Takimoto
Camera	Director of Photography	Yoshitaka Sakamoto
Sound	Music	Nobuyuki Tsujii
Department	Role	Name

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