Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

Name: Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
Genre: Drama
Released: 2012-02-11T
Duration: 136 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Yosuke Eguchi, Yui Natsukawa, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Yuri Nakamura

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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.

Actor: Ken Watanabe, Yosuke Eguchi, Yui Natsukawa, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, Yuri Nakamura, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Renji Ishibashi, Tatsuya Fuji, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Momoko Kato

Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto

Years: 2012

Country: Japan

Quality: HD

Production: Sumitomo Corporation, Toei Company, TV Asahi, Kinoshita Group, Asmik Ace, Toei Animation, Toei Video Company, T. Y. Limited, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo FM, WOWOW, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, Toei Tokyo

Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home

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