Michael Arias マイケル・アリアス

Heaven's Door

ヘブンズ・ドア

Nippon Cinema   ª 

28-year-old car mechanic Masato and 14-year-old Harumi, both terminally ill with only days left to live, decide to travel across Japan to the ocean for the first and last time in their lives. They are quickly pursued by the police, who suspect a kidnapping, and ruthless criminals, whose car and money they have stolen.

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Heaven's Door (NC 2010)

ヘブンズ・ドア

Japan 2008

106 minutes

Director
Michael Arias

Script
Mika OMORI based on the script of KNOCKIN' ON HEAVEN’S DOOR by Thomas Jahn and Til Schweiger

Cinematography
Takashi KOMATSU

Music
Plaid

About Michael Arias
マイケル・アリアス

Michael Arias was born in California in 1968 and has been living in Japan for 25 years. He was the first foreign filmmaker to direct a Japanese anime with TEKKONKINKREET (2006 / NC ’10, ’23), which became a huge international success.