A Boy's Summer in 1945

A Boy's Summer in 1945

Utsukushii natsu kirishima
🎞️ Movie 118 min JP
โ˜… 7.0 /10 2002

Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A Boy's Summer in 1945" (literally "A Beautiful Summer in Kirishima") is a lyric, novelistic drama set in the countryside in the last days before Japan's surrender ending WWII. Striking a welcome retro note in its languid pacing and delicate handling of seriocomic ensemble threads, handsome production is a natural for fests. It might also prove a cornerstone for retrospectives or ancillary releases of works by a helmer ("Preparation of the Festival," "Ronin-gai") who's long been appreciated at home but has won just limited attention abroad.

Cast

Tasuku Emoto
Tasuku Emoto
Yasuo Hidaka
Yoshio Harada
Yoshio Harada
Shigenori Hidaka
Tokie Hidari
Tokie Hidari
Shige Hidaka
Wakaba Irie
Wakaba Irie
Hiroko Kodera
Eri Ishida
Eri Ishida
Ine Miyawaki
Teruyuki Kagawa
Teruyuki Kagawa
Toyoshima
๐Ÿ‘ค
Masahiro Kômoto
Riho Makise
Riho Makise
Miyako Kawai
Junko Miyashita
Junko Miyashita
Uchiko Aoyama
Hiroko Nakajima
Hiroko Nakajima
Haru Fujimoto
๐Ÿ‘ค
Teizô Matsumura
Composer
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Masaki Tamura
Cinematographer