

Sketches of Kaitan City
2010, Japanese. Directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri.
The bittersweet events in the lives of people in Hakodate, a regional city connected by a streetcar network. A laid-off man and his younger sister go up a mountain to see the first sunrise of the year. Meanwhile, Haruo has inherited his family's gas business, but things aren't going well in his new endeavor and he becomes increasingly frustrated.
- Runtime
- 2h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Cast & crew
- Kazuyoshi KumakiriDirector
- Mitsuki TanimuraHonami Igawa
- Pistol TakeharaSota Igawa
- Ryo KaseHaruo Meguro
- Masaki MiuraHiroshi Hagiya
- Takashi YamanakaMakoto Kudou
- Kaoru KobayashiRyuzo Higa
- Kaho MinamiHaruyo Hika
- Aki NakazatoToki
- Shigeki NishiboriTaishiro
- You KoyamaAkira Meguro
- Yûko ItôChieko
- Jun MurakamiMan at the Bar
Details
- Released
- 18 December 2010
- Original title
- 海炭市叙景
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Takashi Ujita
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Sketches of Kaitan City runs 152 minutes (2h 32m).
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Sketches of Kaitan City isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 December 2010. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Sketches of Kaitan City?
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Who directed Sketches of Kaitan City?
Sketches of Kaitan City (2010) was directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri and stars Mitsuki Tanimura, Pistol Takehara, Ryo Kase.