A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2003)

Original title

美しい夏キリシマ

Directed by

Kazuo Kuroki

Genre

war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 58m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy spends the summer of 1945 in Japan as World War Two nears its end. The film follows his daily life amid the lingering shadow of war.

slow-burnmelancholiccontemplativerestrainedquietsomberreflective

What happens

『美しい夏キリシマ』（うつくしいなつキリシマ）は、2003年公開の日本映画。 監督・脚本は黒木和雄で、柄本佑は映画初出演にして初主演。「戦争レクイエム三部作」の2作目。文部科学省選定、日本映画ペンクラブ特別推薦、優秀映画鑑賞会推薦作品。戦争映画。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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