Summer of the Moonlight Sonata (1993)

Original title

月光の夏

Directed by

Seijirō Kōyama

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A Japanese film from 1993 based on a novel inspired by true events. It involves a facility that housed returning kamikaze pilots. The title refers to Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata.

somberreflectiverestrainedhistoricalseriousmeditative

What happens

『月光の夏』（げっこうのなつ）は、毛利恒之の小説。実話などを元に創作したフィクション小説である。この作品をもとに、帰還特攻隊員の収容施設「振武寮」（しんぶりょう）の存在が明らかにされるようになった。 題名の「月光」とは、ルートヴィヒ・ヴァン・ベートーヴェンのピアノソナタ第14番のこと。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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