Welcome Home, Hayabusa (2012)

Genres: Drama

Country: Japan

Director: Katsuhide Motoki

Plot: Kento Ohashi (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is a novice ion engine developer working on a team that is launching the unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft into outerspace. His father Isao (Tomokazu Miura) was the leader of a previously failed space probe named Nozomi. Now, Kento pursues his dreams and his father's while experiencing the unexpected surprises that comes with the Hayabusa's 7 year odyssey.

Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Anne Watanabe, Tomokazu Miura, Oshirō Maeda, Yōko Moriguchi, Naoki Tanaka

Rating: 7.8 ⭐