The Island Closest To Heaven (DVD) poetic cinema The Dark Crystal

The Dark Crystal

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The Island Closest To Heaven (DVD) poetic cinema The Dark CrystalBookish teen Mari (Tomoyo Harada) ventures solo to a paradise laden archipelago in search of the mythic locale, in this coming of age tale. Based on Katsura Morimura's 1966 best selling travelogue, Obayashi's paradise laden coming of age tale is an island retreat to the white sands of New Caledonia. Fulfilling her late father's (YMO's Yukihiro Takahashi) dream to take her to 'the island closest to heaven,' bookish teen Mari (Tomoyo Harada) ventures