Original title
はやぶさ 遥かなる帰還
Released
2/11/2012
Origin country
JP
Genre
Drama
Production companies
Tokyo FM, The Asahi Shimbun, Asmik Ace, Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Toei Animation, Toei Company, Toei Video Company, TV Asahi, Sumitomo Corporation, Kyushu Asahi Broadcasting, Kinoshita Group, Hokkaido Television Broadcasting, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, Toei Tokyo, WOWOW, T. Y. Limited
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
2hr 16min
In May 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (or JAXA) launched an unmanned spacecraft of their own development to retrieve samples from an asteroid. Seven long years later, Hayabusa achieved its goal and was the first of any kind of craft launched from Earth to safely return samples of this kind to home base. The story was one of such great national pride for Japan, and in the wake of the tsunami and resulting tragedies in Japan it’s strong nationalistic message became the subject of no less than three rival films. Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s high-profile effort, simply titled Hayabusa (2011) starred the incomparable Toshiyuki Nishida. Most recently, Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012) was released to Japanese audiences. Slipping in between those two was Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home, concentrating on the people on the ground who helped return the probe safely.
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