📜 Overview:
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.
🌏 Languages Available:
Japanese
📆 Date Released:
2002-12-14
⌚ Running Time:
118 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
5.3
Beloved Cast
Tasuku Emoto
Yoshio Harada
Tokie Hidari
Wakaba Irie
Eri Ishida
Teruyuki Kagawa
Masahiro Koumoto
Riho Makise
Junko Miyashita
Hiroko Nakajima
Erika Oda
Susumu Terajima
