I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair
8/10
Rating
120 min
Runtime
2012
Release Year
Noriyoshi Sakuma
Director
Cast
Kazunari Ninomiya, Aya Ueto, Sosuke Ikematsu, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Fuku Suzuki
Quick Synopsis
Hasebe Yasuyuki lives alone and without much direction in his apartment until one day, while trying to escape from a street gang, he jumps from the roof of a building and suffers a spinal cord injury that leaves him unable to walk. At the hospital, his mother Haruko arrives quickly, but Yasuyuki, who has a strained relationship with her, asks her to leave him alone. During his stay, he meets Ishii Daisuke, a sick child who maintains a positive outlook, and Katou Kumi, a hospital staff member who always smiles despite her own difficult past. Inspired by their attitudes, Yasuyuki begins to regain confidence and commits to his rehabilitation. However, after leaving the hospital, he struggles with dependence on others and falls into despair, even contemplating suicide as he sees no clear future for himself.
Detailed Synopsis of I Will Fly to the Sky on a Wheelchair
(I will Soar to the Skies in my Wheelchair ) Hasebe Yasuyuki is living his life carelessly alone in his apartment, until one day, he jumps from the top of a building escaping a street gang and injures his spinal cord. And the doctor tells him that he can't walk anymore. His mother, Haruko, hurries to the hospital for her son, however Yasuyuki is on bad terms with her, so he asks her to leave him alone. There he meets an ill kid in the hospital named Ishii Daisuke who is living his life positively, and the store staff Katou Kumi, who always smiles even though she had a sad past. He gains confidence and decides to start his rehabilitation. After Yasuyuki is discharged from the hospital, he starts relying on everybody everywhere, so he falls into despair and starts thinking of committing suicide seeing no future for himself.
