Heaven's Bookstore

Aka: Tengoku no Honya-koibi
Director: Shinohara Tetsuo
Release date: 2004
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Starring:
Yuko Takeuchi as Shoko/Natsuko
Tetsuji Tamayama as Kenta
Karina as Yui
Hirofumi Arai as Satoshi
Teruyuki Kagawa as Takimoto
Yoshio Harada as Yamaki

Synopsis:
Confectionary salesperson Kanako (Takeuchi Yuko) is busy trying to organise the "Love Fireworks" for the shopping street's Firework festival, which traditionally opens and closes the festival. Legend has it that the "Love Fireworks" can bless lovers with lifelong happiness, and Takimoto is the only firework master that can operate it. However, since an accident, Takimoto has given up on fireworks. Kanako found Takimoto in hopes to persuade him to operate it again.
At the same time, pianist Kenta (Tamayama Tetsuji) finds himself in heaven even though he is still alive, and is working at the Heaven's Bookshop. One day at work, he sees his idol pianist Shoko (Tamayami Tetsuyi). However, something that happened made Shoko unable to play the piano. The two stories unfold in two different worlds somehow connects, and will the "Love Fireworks" come to life in time?
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Award Nomination:
Shanghai International Film Festival: Golden Goblet:Best Film - Shinohara Tetsuo

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