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Summer Time Machine Blues (2005)

Summer Time Machine Blues poster
Original title
サマータイムマシン・ブルース
Directed by
Katsuyuki Motohiro
Genre
science fiction film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 53 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of university sci-fi club members accidentally break a remote control for an air conditioner and use a time machine from the future to go back and fix it. They must navigate the consequences of their time travel without causing too much chaos.

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What happens

Summer Time Machine Blues (サマー タイム マシン ブルース, Samâ Taimu Mashin Burūsu) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro and written by Makoto Ueda, based on Ueda's 2001 play of the same name. The film stars Eita as a member of a university science-fiction club, and Juri Ueno and Yoko Maki as part of the neighboring photography club. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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