Film archive, 1990

Tokyo Heaven

東京上空いらっしゃいませ

Director Somai Shinji

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An up-and-coming model meets with an unforeseen accident and is unable to accept her own demise. She deceives Death and returns to the real world, but... There is a different sense of exaltation from previous Somai films in the depiction of her spirit coming to understand the joys of living.

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Tokyo Heaven 1 — © 1990/2026 “Tokyo Heaven” Film Partners

Tokyo Heaven 2 — © 1990/2026 “Tokyo Heaven” Film Partners

Tokyo Heaven 3 — © 1990/2026 “Tokyo Heaven” Film Partners

Tokyo Heaven 4 — © 1990/2026 “Tokyo Heaven” Film Partners

Tokyo Heaven 5 — © 1990/2026 “Tokyo Heaven” Film Partners

Film details

Director: Somai Shinji
Country/Region: Japan
Year: 1990
Length: 109min
Original language: Japanese
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Director

Somai Shinji

After dropping out of Chuo University, Somai joined Nikkatsu Studio as a contract AD. He established a fresh visual style in Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (1981), The Catch (1983), and Typhoon Club (Tokyo International Film Festival Young Cinema Grand Prix 1985).

From Tokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39

Credits

Director: Somai Shinji
Screenplay: Enoki Yuhei
Cinematography: Inagaki Yozo
Lighting: Kumagai Hideo
Production design: Ogawa Fumio
Sound: Nonaka Hidetoshi
Cast: Nakai Kiichi, Makise Riho, Shofukutei Tsurube, Mariya Tomoko
Distributor in Japan: Shochiku Co., Ltd.

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Tokyo HeavenTokyo International Film Festival 2026, No. 39Japanese Classics

Festival history1

东京国际电影节, 2026Japanese Classics, Official selection

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