Based on Kazuo Dan's 1937 novella, Director Nobuhiko Obayashi, whose surreal phenomenon 'House (Hausu)' became an international cult classic, achieves his filmmaking dream of forty years with his new feature 'Hanagatami'. In the spring of 1941, sixteen-year-old Toshihiko leaves Amsterdam to attend school in Karatsu, a small town on the western coast of Japan, where his aunt Keiko cares for his ailing cousin Mina. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon be... (Full plot summary below)
Enjoy FREE movies and series with your Prime (USA) subscription or when you start a 30-day free trial!
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | UK only | 1 Month Free Trial | 06 Feb 2015 | 5117 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 75% |  Report: Broken Link |   |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 12 May 2018 | 4728 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 74% | Report: Broken Link | |
| IRELAND only | 1 Month Free Trial | 28 Apr 2018 | 708 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 60% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 22 May 2025 | 917 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 84% | Report: Broken Link | |
![Its HD [Hanagatami]](/images/logos/icons/itshd.png){kind=icon} | WORLDWIDE | ? | 14 Jun 2019 | 3660 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 95% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 24 Aug 2024 | 863 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 54% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | Free Credit | 27 Mar 2025 | 168 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 36% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 21 May 2025 | 171 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 25% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 06 Feb 2023 | 23 | SD / TV | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 21% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 21 Jul 2015 | 228 | HD | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 31% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | WORLDWIDE | ? | 01 Sep 2025 | 34 | SD / TV | Watch OnlineStream Instantly | 10% | Report: Broken Link | |
Links compiled using automated software. Availability of offers subject to change / might be region specific / out of date.
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 22 Feb 2018 | 1993 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Post | 92% |  Report: Broken Link | |
 | UK only | N/A | 22 Feb 2018 | 61 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Post | 10% | Report: Broken Link | |
 | USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 22 Feb 2018 | 140 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Mail | 13% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 22 Feb 2018 | 11105 | SD / DVD | DVD RentalRent by Mail | 86% | Report: Broken Link | |
| Movie Source | Available | Offers | Added | Views | Quality | Format | Rating | Link | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK only | 30 Day Free Trial | 03 Feb 2023 | 176 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Post | 63% | Report: Broken Link | |
| UK only | N/A | 03 Feb 2023 | 64 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Post | 51% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 22 Feb 2018 | 213 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Mail | 17% | Report: Broken Link | |
| USA only | 1 Month Free Trial | 03 Feb 2023 | 4720 | HD / BR | Blu Ray RentalRent by Mail | 96% | Report: Broken Link | |
Based on Kazuo Dan's 1937 novella, Director Nobuhiko Obayashi, whose surreal phenomenon 'House (Hausu)' became an international cult classic, achieves his filmmaking dream of forty years with his new feature 'Hanagatami'. In the spring of 1941, sixteen-year-old Toshihiko leaves Amsterdam to attend school in Karatsu, a small town on the western coast of Japan, where his aunt Keiko cares for his ailing cousin Mina. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's inescapable gravitational pull. With his memories as a survivor of World War II echoing in the uncertainty of world events unfolding today, director Obayashi returns us to 1941, a pivotal time for Japan, as the unstoppable momentum of war forcibly seized the lives of youth away to battlefields where they disappeared forever. In dazzling, full-bloom Obayashi style, 'Hanagatami' captures the passion, innocence, and struggle of the end days of youth in a country consumed by the flames of war.
Leave your thoughts about Hanagatami.
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordThis nearly three hour epic about the wasted youth of Japan's war years adapted from Dan Kazuo's 1937 novel is both a moving tribute and the type of phantasmagorical experience one would expect from the director of 1977's "Hausu." |
| Japan TimesMark SchillingThe result is a phantasmagoria of rapid cutting, perfervid acting and extravagant visuals, with the moon a giant ball bathing the sea and islands near Karatsu in heavenly splendor. |
| Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungNearly three hours of dense story-telling roll by while a sprawling and vividly drawn cast of characters explore young love and the meaning of life. |
| Village VoiceSiddhant AdlakhaIt's ultimately a cautionary plea to avoid the perils of the past, in the form of an auteurist fever dream. |
| AlcohollywoodClint WorthingtonFor all its eye-popping music video weirdness, there's a deep core of humanism to Hanagatami's story of children doing their damndest to maintain their innocence. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Robbie CollinEven with its myriad confusions and frustrations, there's nothing else quite like Hanagatami around. |
