The Land Beyond the Starry Sky

When Akio Mori (Ouji Suzuka) is nearly hit by a truck, his friend Makoto Ozaki (Sato Yusuke) does everything he can to save him. Since then, Akio has had the strangest recurring dream of a beautiful girl appearing before him. For two months now, he’s been having this dream and the girl’s identity has always remained a mystery, until now. Noticing the girl from his dreams walking by in real life, Akio is shocked when she runs to him, hugs him, then suddenly disappears. Completely flummoxed by the experience, Akio returns home but instead of finding comfort, he is forced to face an abrupt truth when, walking to his home, he notices his funeral photograph on display. Realizing, for the first time, that he didn’t survive the accident he believed Ozaki had saved him from, Akio decides the only thing he can do is ask his best friend for help. When Akio suddenly appears before him, Ozaki is a bit shocked but being an avid lover of science fiction, quickly gets over the initial surprise. Determined to help his friend, Ozaki starts to investigate Risa Sakaguchi (Shiori Akita), the girl in Akio’s dreams, to see how they might be connected. With the help of his friend, will Akio be able to unravel the mystery surrounding the girl who haunts his dreams? A remake of the director’s 1986 debut film, “The Land Beyond the Starry Sky” is a 2021 Japanese youth fantasy romance film directed by Kazuya Konaka.