The Boys Wanted to See Fireworks from the Side
1999, Japanese. Directed by Naoto Shiraishi & Shunji Iwai.
A documentary looking back on the making of Shunji Iwai's TV play Fireworks, Should We See it from the Side or the Bottom?.
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 7 August 1999
- Original title
- 少年たちは花火を横から見たかった
- Country
- Japan
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The Boys Wanted to See Fireworks from the Side isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 August 1999. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Boys Wanted to See Fireworks from the Side?
The Boys Wanted to See Fireworks from the Side (1999) was directed by Naoto Shiraishi and Shunji Iwai and stars Megumi Okina, Yuta Yamazaki, Kenji Kohashi.