A Beautiful Star / 美しい星 (2017)

Profile

• Movie: A Beautiful Star
• Romaji: Utsukushii Hoshi
• Japanese: 美しい星

• Director: Daihachi Yoshida
• Writer: Yukio Mishima (novel), Seitaro Kai, Daihachi Yoshida
• Producer: Hiromi Honoki, Yutaka Suzuki
• Cinematographer: Ryuto Kondo
• Release Date: May 26, 2017
• Runtime: 127 min.
• Distributor: Gaga Corporation
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

The Osugi family consists of the father Shigeichiro Osugi (Lily Franky), mother Iyoko (Tomoko Nakajima), son Kazuo (Kazuya Kamenashi) and daughter Akiko (Ai Hashimoto). The family believes the father is from Mars, the mother is from Jupiter, the son from Mercury and the daughter from Venus. They are proud that they are aliens, but they keep their true identities a secret. Shigeichiro works as a weather forecaster, Iyoko is absorbed in her weird water business, Kazuo is a freeter and Akiko is a college student with a complex about her beauty.

The family struggle to save mankind from nuclear weapons that can destroy the world.