A Distant Neighborhood
| A Distant Neighborhood | |
| 遥かな町へ (Harukana Machi e) | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Jiro Taniguchi |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| English publisher | Fanfare / Ponent Mon |
| Magazine | Big Comic |
| Original run | 1998 – 1999 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Live-action film | |
| Quartier Lointain / Vertraute Fremde | |
| Directed by | Sam Garbarski |
| Released | 20 May 2010 |
A Distant Neighborhood (Japanese: 遥かな町へ Hepburn: Harukana Machi e) is a Japanese manga by Jiro Taniguchi. It was adapted into a live-action film in 2010.[1][2] In 2012 adapted for radio by Martin Heindel.
Plot
Middle-aged salaryman Hiroshi Nakahara accidentally takes a train ride back to his old hometown to visit his mother’s grave. Then for reasons he can’t explain, Hiroshi is transported back in time, and discovers that he’s an 8th grader again, but with all of his adult memories intact. In the graveyard scene in chapter one, note the butterflies. See Wikiquote on Zhuangzi: Is Hiroshi a middle-aged salaryman dreaming he is an 8th grader, or is he an 8th grader who just awoke from a long dream of being a middle-aged salaryman?
References
- ↑ "A Distant Neighborhood, Wonderful World Trailers Posted". Anime News Network. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "Taniguchi's Harukana Machi e Gets European Film". Anime News Network. 16 May 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
External links
- A Distant Neighborhood (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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