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.
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A Boy's Summer in 1945 Cast
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Susumu Terajima
He was 39, now 61 years old
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Yoshio Harada
He was 62, 71 years old when he died
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Erika Oda
She was 23, now 45 years old
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Teruyuki Kagawa
He was 37, now 59 years old
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Eri Ishida
She was 42, now 64 years old
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Tokie Hidari
She was 55, now 77 years old
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Junko Miyashita
She was 53, now 75 years old
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Wakaba Irie
She was 59, now 81 years old
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Riho Makise
She was 30, now 53 years old
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Tasuku Emoto
He was 15, now 38 years old
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Hiroko Nakajima
She was 31, now 53 years old
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Masahiro Komoto
He was 37, now 59 years old
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A Boy's Summer in 1945 Crew
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Masaki Tamura as Director of Photography. He was 63 (79) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Kazuo Kuroki as Director. He was 72 (75) years old when He died
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Directing |
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Kazuo Kuroki as Writer. He was 72 (75) years old when He died
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Writing |
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Masataka Matsuda as Writer. He was 40 (now 62) years old
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Writing |
