Farewell to the Summer Light (1968)
- Original title
- さらば夏の光
- Directed by
- Yoshishige Yoshida
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A Japanese couple traveling through Europe have a romance while dealing with painful memories of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
melancholicslow-burnromantictraumaticreflectiverestlessatmosphericsomberwandering
What happens
Farewell to the Summer Light (Japanese: さらば夏の光, Hepburn: Saraba natsu no hikari) is a 1968 Japanese New Wave romantic drama film co-written and directed by Yoshishige Yoshida. Its story follows two Japanese people on a tour of Europe who become romantically entangled while dealing with mutual trauma over the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The film stars Mariko Okada and Tadashi Yokouchi in the lead roles, in addition to Paul Beauvais and Hélène Soubielle. Its score was composed by Toshi Ichiyanagi. Farewell to the Summer Light was theatrically released by Art Theatre Guild on 31 December 1968, in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
- Hatsukoi Jigokuhen (1968)
- Affair in the Snow (1968)
- The Profound Desire of the Gods (1968)
- Ai to Shi no Kiroku (1966)
- Tokyo Story (1953)
- Hymn to a Tired Man (1968)
- 孤島の太陽 (1968)
- The Girl I Abandoned (1969)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…