Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan (はやぶさ 遥かなる帰還) is a 2012 Japanese drama film directed by Tokiyuki Takimoto[1] based on the story of the Hayabusa asteroid probe, which collected samples from the asteroid Itokawa in 2005 and returned them to Earth in 2010.
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Directed by | Tokiyuki Takimoto |
Starring | Ken Watanabe Yōsuke Eguchi Yui Natsukawa Yukiyoshi Ozawa Tatsuya Fuji Tsutomu Yamazaki |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Two other films made on the same subject were Hayabusa (2011) and Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012). Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home emphasized the role of the people on the ground as they helped return the probe.[2]
Cast
editSee also
edit- Hayabusa spacecraft
References
edit- ^ はやぶさ 遥かなる帰還 (2012). Allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ "Review: Hayabusa – The Long Voyage Home". The Reel Bits. 10 April 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
External links
edit- Archive copy of the official website
- Hayabusa: Harukanaru Kikan at IMDb