A Boy's Summer in 1945
美しい夏キリシマ
Watch a boy's summer in 1945 soap2day. 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.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: Japan
- Director: Kazuo Kuroki
- 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,
