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The Summer of Stickleback (2006)

The Summer of Stickleback poster
Original title
ハリヨの夏
Directed by
Mayu Nakamura
Genre
teen film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 39m
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A shy teenager spends a summer in a small Japanese town. She forms a quiet connection with a boy who shares her sense of loneliness.

bittersweetgentleintrospectivenostalgicslow-burnmelancholictendercoming-of-age

What happens

『ハリヨの夏』(~なつ)は2006年公開の日本映画。中村真夕の初監督作品であり、於保佐代子の初主演作、また当時新人だった高良健吾の映画初出演作でもある。中村監督はニューヨーク大学大学院映画科出身であり、このため当作にも邦画でありながら「THE SUMMER OF STICKLEBACK 」という原題が存在する。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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