- Movie: Space Brothers / Space Brothers: Let’s Go to Space, Brother
- Romaji: Uchu Kyodai
- Japanese: 宇宙兄弟
- Director: Yoshitaka Mori
- Writer: Chuya Koyama (manga)
- Producer: Kenzo Abe, Genki Kawamura, Hisashi Usui
- Cinematographer: Naoki Kayano
- Release Date: May 5, 2012
- Runtime: 128 min.
- Genre: Based on a Comic / Comedy / Brothers / Outer Space / Award Winning
- Production Company: Toho
- Distributor: Toho
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©
When Mutta was 12-years-old and Hibito was 9-years-old the two brothers saw what they thought was an UFO flying towards the moon. They made a pact then to become astronauts and one day fly into space together.
Fast forward to the year 2025. Older brother Mutta (Shun Oguri) works as for an automotive company and his younger brother Hibito works as an astronaut. Although Mutta failed to follow through on his childhood promise, after losing his job, he receives a phone call from Hibito which reignites his childhood dream of flying into outer space …
Notes
- Based on Chuya Koyama’s manga “Uchu Kyodai” first published in 2008.
- Portions of the film will be shot at the Kennedy Space center in Florida during the month of June, 2011.
- Theme song for the movie is British pop band Coldplay’s “Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall” (Mylo Xyloto).
- Related titles:
- Space Brothers 0 (2014)
Cast
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Shun Oguri | Masaki Okada | Kumiko Aso | Gaku Hamada |
Mutta Nanba | Hibito Nanba | Serika Ito | Yasushi Furuya |
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Hirofumi Arai | Yoshio Inoue | Sansei Shiomi | Shinichi Tsutsumi |
Yamato Mizoguchi | Kenji Makabe | Naoto Fukuda | Tadashi Hoshika |
Additional Cast Members:
- Aiko Morishita – Mutta & Hibito’s mother
- Toru Masuoka – Mutta & Hibito’s father
- Keiko Horiuchi – Sakura Gondawara
- Rei Nakano – Mutta Nanba (young)
- Kaito Nakashima – Hibito Nanba (young)
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi – Tetsutaro Tsurumi
- Shohei Abe – employee
- Masahiko Nishimura
- Toshihiro Yashiba
- Usou Ozaki
- Mari Nishio
- Hideyuki Kasahara
- Shingo Gotsuji
- Ippei Osako
- Chad Mullane
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