Night of the Shooting Stars (2003)

Plot: Working long hours in the emergency room, nurse Kana Aoshima befriends musician and frequent hospital patient Shogo Amami. Shogo's therapy visits for his muteness and blindness happen to frequently coincide with Kana's shift, which enables the nurse to get to know the handsome artist well enough to start falling in love with him. Fate intercedes, however, when Shogo is killed after being hit by a car -- a development that utterly crushes Kana's will to live. Shogo's spirit is transported to heaven, where it is given the chance to return to Earth to assist Kana through her grieving and to renew her sense of faith in the world -- with the only caveat being he cannot reveal his identity to Kana.—Anon

Original Title: Hoshi ni negaio

Director: Tatsuoki Hosono , Shin Togashi

Writer: Junichi Miyashita , Hare Kawaguchi , Tatsuoki Hosono

Producer: Takayuki Sugizaki , Yoshihiro Motomura

Type: movie

Year: 2003

Genres: Drama, Romance

Cast: Manzô Shinra , Takuya Kurihara , Masayo Umezawa , Chika Nakagami , Hiro Yoshikawa , Nagare Hagiwara , Sei Hiraizumi , Isamu Ichikawa , Yûko Itô , Aki Kajiwara , Kazuhiko Kanayama , Jun Kunimura , Riho Makise , Mami Nakamura , Shinobu Nakayama , Sabu , Kazuya Takahashi , Yûko Takeuchi , Hisashi Yoshizawa

Runtimes: 106

Countries: Japan

Languages: Japanese

Color Info: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Original Air Date: 12 Apr 2003 (Japan)

Akas: 星に願いを。 (Japan, Japanese title) , Nights of the Shooting Star (Japan, English title) , Night of the Shooting Stars (World-wide, English title) , Hoshi ni negai wo

Production Companies: Bandai Visual Company , Basara Pictures , General Entertainment Co. Ltd.

Distributors: Toho Company , Bandai Visual Company , Disney Channel

Cinematographer: Shôgo Ueno , Hideo Yamamoto

Producer: Takayuki Sugizaki , Yoshihiro Motomura

Composer: Takatomo Nozawa , Seikô Nagaoka

Editor: Hirohide Abe , Nobuyuki Takahashi

Other Companies: ASBee Shimokitazawa , Access Technology , Active 21 , Aja , C Music , Cafe Yamajo , Charmant , Cineo Camera , Coland , Come On Music , Continue , Cosi Cosi , Craft House , Entertainment Partners Asia , FM Iruka , Gallery Muraoka , Gelo Ehlo Clothing , Griffith , Hakuai , Highlight Sapporo , Hogy Medical , Hohner , Horiauto , Igaku Shoin , Imagica , JMS , Japan Braille Library , Kaneko Glass Handicraft , Kenkyusha , Kochi System Development , Kodak Japan , Max Factor , Misuzu Shobo , Mitsubishi Electric Visual Systems (NEC) , Moridaira Musical Insruments , Nihon Koden Corporation , Nippon Cultural Broadcasting , Nippon Effect Center , Number One Pro , Odagiri Sogisha , Okayasu Henshushitsu , Orange House , Qtec Studio MESA , Rabbit , Sapporo Recycle Center , Seiko Watch , Senko Medical Instruments Manufacturing , Shibatec , Subarukai , Sugano Iin , Suzuran , TO Ogasawara , Takeyama , Telwel East Japan Seclean Hokkaido , The Glass Sudio In Hakodate , Tic Tac , Top , Water Melon Company , Why Company , Yamaha Music Hokkaido

Costume Designer: Mari Miyamoto

Camera and Electrical Department: Hitoshi Takaya , Shigeto Kunii

Production Design: Tomoharu Nakamae