A Boy's Summer in 1945
A Boy's Summer in 1945

A Boy's Summer in 1945

5.3

1 hr 58 min

2002-12-14

3

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.

Drama

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Characters

Tasuku Emoto

Tasuku Emoto

Yoshio Harada

Yoshio Harada

Tokie Hidari

Tokie Hidari

Wakaba Irie

Wakaba Irie

Eri Ishida

Eri Ishida

Teruyuki Kagawa

Teruyuki Kagawa

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