Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
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In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of their own development to retrieve samples from an asteroid. Seven long years later, Hayabusa achieved its goal and was the first of any kind of craft launched from Earth to safely return samples of this kind to home base. The story was one of such great national pride for Japan, and in the wake of the tsunami and resulting tragedies in Japan it’s strong nationalistic message became the subject of no less than three rival films. Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s high-profile effort, simply titled Hayabusa (2011) starred the incomparable Toshiyuki Nishida. Most recently, Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012) was released to Japanese audiences. Slipping in between those two was Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home, concentrating on the people on the ground who helped return the probe safely.
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home Cast
Yukiyoshi Ozawa
Actor
Ken Watanabe
Japanese Actor
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Actor
James Basevi
unknow
Julia Heron
Set Decorator
Bob Perry
Actor
Renji Ishibashi
Japanese Actor
Yuri Nakamura
Actress
Shingo Tsurumi
Japanese Actor
Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Japanese Film Director
Masahiro Takashima
Japanese Actor
Yui Natsukawa
Actress
Katsuhisa Namase
Japanese Actor