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Iwakura Mai lives with her parents Kota and Megumi and older brother Haruto. Her father Kota runs a small factory in Higashi Osaka, a district that is known for its craftsmen. Mai is shy and withdrawn. But when she visits her grandmother Shoko who lives on Nagasaki’s Goto Islands which has a rich natural environment, she is entranced by the Baramon kites that catch the wind and soar high in the sky. Wanting to fly high in the sky like these kites, Mai’s longing swells into a dream to become a pilot. Even though she works hard, the path to getting there is tougher than she had imagined. As Mai deepens her ties with the people living in her two hometowns of Higashi Osaka and Goto, her dream eventually takes a new form. She gathers enthusiastic friends to build a small electric plane that can fly to and from the islands. Her dream becomes a wing that carries everyone’s dreams and takes off.
boys' night, teens
osaka, japan, coming of age, family drama, manufacturing, 1990s, asadora, chasing dreams, dream pursuit, small factory
Japan
asIwakura Mai
asIwakura Kota [Mai's father]
asIwakura Megumi [Mai's mother]
asIwakura Yuto [Mai's older brother]
asSaitsu Shoko [Mai's grandmother]
asKashiwagi Hiroaki
asYano Rinko
asNakazawa Shinichi
asYoshida Taisei
asUmezu Takashi [Mai's childhood friend]
asYamada Sae [Iwakura Ltd. office worker]
asNarrator
asIwakura Mai (young)
asUmezu Takashi (young)
asIwakura Haruto (young)
asMochizuki Kurumi
asKasamaki Hisayuki
asYuki Akira
asUmezu Masaru
asUmezu Yukino
asMochizuki Yoshiharu
asYagi Iwao
asTsuda Michiko
asNeya Chuzo
asFurata Shigeru
asUra Shingo
asUra Riko
asYamaguchi Kunihiko
asKido Gou
asYamanaka Sakura
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