DVD release - Into the Faraway Sky (Gaga Communications) available on March 7, 2008

Japanese distributor Gaga Communications will be releasing Isao Yukisada’s Into the Faraway Sky (Toku no Sora ni Kieta, 2007) on region 2 DVD with English subtitles on March 7th.

Plot: A government official (Tomokazu Miura) moves to a small town with his son Ryonosuke (Ryonosuke Kamiki) to oversee the area’s airport construction project. Many of the locals disapprove of the construction, making things kind of awkward for the two of them. Ryonosuke meets another boy named Kohei (Yuma Sasano) who introduces him to some of the locals, including Hiharu (Suzuka Ohgo), a girl with an odd fascination with UFOs. Meanwhile, Kohei’s dad (Fumiyo Kohinata) returns home from a trip just in time to protest the airport construction project.

Region 2, NTSC, 16:9 letterboxed Vista, 2 discs, DVD-9. Japanese 5.1 audio with optional English and Japanese subtitles. Features include audio commentary by Yukisada Isao, trailers, making-of (20 min.), interviews (60 min.), Music Metro Oasis Fantastic Night held on August 17, 2007 in Tokyo (20 min.), and photo gallery.

Available at the following retailer(s) on March 7, 2008:

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