Our one-sheet poster. Artwork (c)2012 Tatsuya Miyoshi from photography by Stu Levy. Image (c)2012 Pray For Japan Film, LLC
Lanterns ready to be floated down the river during the Obon festival in Ishinomaki.
A collage of images from the film.
The ruins of a Shinto temple.
“Live Tough!” The incoming class at Ogatsu Middle School, in its temporary home.
Serving food.
Torii gates became an iconic image of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, by dint of the fact so many survived the tragedy.
Tohoku heroes come in all sizes, this is one of the smallest.
Floating the lanterns on the river.
The blue Koinobori, donated by people all over Japan, ready for the Children’s Day ceremony on 5/5/2011 in front of the ruins of Kento Ito’s family home.
Red and white lanterns are a symbol of festivities in Japan.
Fireworks are a favorite way of celebrating in Japan.
“Hope.”
The lanterns represented the people lost in the tsunami.
Putting up the Koinobori for the Children’s Day festival.
One of the most iconic pictures taken during the production of the film: a house completely drowned under the black waters of the tsunami.
Another iconic image, symbolic of the force of the tsunami. That really is a car left four stories up on a building.
Coco-chan visits with a samurai.
Coco-chan is a rabbit who owns P4J hero Manabu Endo. She was pressed into service as a therapy animal, and made lots of friends among the survivors.
She’s gorgeous!
Every year is the year of the Rabbit for Coco-chan.