Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima (1984)

Tengoku ni ichiban chikai shima: Directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi. With Miyoko Akaza, Tomoyo Harada, Wakaba Irie, Shigeru Izumiya. A high school girl travels to the island of New Caledonia and has magical adventures.

“Mari Katsuragi (Tomoyo Harada) is a high school student in downtown Tokyo. She tells her mother that she wants to go visit New Caledonia to fulfill a promise with her late father who told her about the island closest to heaven, that one day they will go there together. She embarks on a group tour to New Caledonia where she meets Yuuichi Fukaya an older man who is somewhat of a playboy. Mari tells Yuuichi that sheu0026#39;s searching for the island closest to heaven her father told her about. Yuuichi takes her around the island but Mari isnu0026#39;t convinced that this is the place her father mentioned. But through various adventures and being met with local peopleu0026#39;s warmth she discovers where the real island closest to heaven resides.”