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The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

20177.02h 9m

Overview

In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night, Atsuya sees a letter in the mailbox. The letter is addressed to the Namiya General Store and the letter was written by someone to consult about worries. Incredibly, the letter was written 32 years ago. The mailbox is somehow connected to the year 1980. Atsuya and his friends decide to write a reply and place their letter in the mailbox.

Directed by Ryuichi Hiroki
Written by Keigo Higashino, Hiroshi Saito
Produced by Shinichirou Inoue, Hidehisa Chiwata, Naohiko Ninomiya
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Top Cast

Ryosuke Yamada

Ryosuke Yamada

Atsuya

Machiko Ono

Machiko Ono

Harumi Tamura

Toshiyuki Nishida

Toshiyuki Nishida

Yuuji Namiya

Nijiro Murakami

Nijiro Murakami

Shota Kobayashi

Kanichiro Sato

Kanichiro Sato

Kohei

Kento Hayashi

Kento Hayashi

Katsuro Matsuoka

Riko Narumi

Riko Narumi

Akiko Minazuki

Mugi Kadowaki

Mugi Kadowaki

Seri

Masato Hagiwara

Masato Hagiwara

Takayuki Namiya

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Takeo Matsuoka

Themes & Keywords

japanbased on novel or book

About The Miracles of the Namiya General Store

The Miracles of the Namiya General Store is a fantasy, drama, mystery, family film released in 2017 exploring themes of japan, based on novel or book. Directed by Ryuichi Hiroki, it stars Ryosuke Yamada, Machiko Ono, Toshiyuki Nishida. In 2012, Atsuya and his 2 childhood friends do something bad and run into an old general store. They decide to stay there until the morning. Late into the night, Atsuya sees a letter in the mailbox. The letter is addressed to the Namiya General Store and the letter was written by someone to consult about worries. Incredibly, the letter was written 32 years ago. The mailbox is somehow connected to the year 1980. Atsuya and his friends decide to write a reply and place their letter in the mailbox.

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