Hirasawa Kokoro is a Japanese actress. She was born on September 21, 2007, in Tokyo, Japan, and made her acting debut in 2001. Since then, she has appeared in a wide variety of films and television dramas, including “There is No Lid on the Sea” (2015) and “The Land Beyond the Starry Sky” (2021).

Hirasawa Kokoro

When Akio Mori (Ouji Suzuka) is nearly hit by a truck, his friend Makoto Ozaki (Sato Yusuke) does everything he can to save him. Since then, Akio has had the strangest recurring dream of a beautiful girl appearing before him. For two months now, he’s been having this dream and the girl’s identity has always remained a mystery, until now.

Noticing the girl from his dreams walking by in real life, Akio is shocked when she runs to him, hugs him, then suddenly disappears. Completely flummoxed by the experience, Akio returns home but instead of finding comfort, he is forced to face an abrupt truth when, walking to his home, he notices his funeral photograph on display. Realizing, for the first time, that he didn’t survive the accident he believed Ozaki had saved him from, Akio decides the only thing he can do is ask his best friend for help.

When Akio suddenly appears before him, Ozaki is a bit shocked but being an avid lover of science fiction, quickly gets over the initial surprise. Determined to help his friend, Ozaki starts to investigate Risa Sakaguchi (Shiori Akita), the girl in Akio’s dreams, to see how they might be connected. With the help of his friend, will Akio be able to unravel the mystery surrounding the girl who haunts his dreams?

A remake of the director’s 1986 debut film, “The Land Beyond the Starry Sky” is a 2021 Japanese youth fantasy romance film directed by Kazuya Konaka.&nbsp;

The Land Beyond the Starry Sky

Tired of the endless grind of daily life in the big city, Mari (Kikuchi Akiko) decides to leave Tokyo and return to her small hometown by the sea. Leaving the city behind, Mari heads to Shizuoka Prefecture, ready to begin writing a new chapter of her life’s story.

Fully aware of her small hometown’s steady economic decline, Mari decides to do her part to help revitalize the town by starting a business of her own. A lifelong lover of shaved ice, Mari decides to open her own seaside business making and selling the sweet treat. Not long after settling into her new life, Mari’s mother announces that a guest will be staying with them for a while. Hajime (Mine Azusa), the daughter of one of her mother’s close friends, has recently lost her grandmother and, struggling to deal with the loss as her remaining family fights over her grandmother’s large estate, has agreed to spend some time with Mari’s family by the sea.&nbsp;

With obvious burn marks on her face, it’s clear that Hajime has been severely wounded, both physically and mentally, but that doesn’t stop Mari from recruiting her to work at her little shaved ice shop. Aware that they both have come to this small seaside town in search of a fresh start, the two young women settle peacefully into their new lives. With the camaraderie between them steadily growing, will they find in each other a friendship that lasts a lifetime?

Adapted from the Banana Yoshimoto novel of the same name, originally published as a newspaper serial, “There is No Lid on the Sea” is a 2015 Japanese film directed by Toyoshima Keisuke.

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