A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2002)
Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A Boy's Summer in 1945" (literally "A Beautiful Summer in Kirishima") is a lyric, novelistic drama set in the countryside in the last days before Japan's surrender ending WWII. Striking a welcome retro note in its languid pacing and delicate handling of seriocomic ensemble threads, handsome production is a natural for fests. It might also prove a cornerstone for retrospectives or ancillary releases of works by a helmer ("Preparation of the Festival," "Ronin-gai") who's long been appreciated at home but has won just limited attention abroad.
Director: Kazuo Kuroki
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Tasuku Emoto as |
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Yoshio Harada as |
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Tokie Hidari as |
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Wakaba Irie as |
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Eri Ishida as |
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Teruyuki Kagawa as |
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Masahiro Komoto as |
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Riho Makise as |
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Junko Miyashita as |
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Hiroko Nakajima as |
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Erika Oda as |
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Susumu Terajima as |
| Directing | Kazuo Kuroki | Director |
| Writing | Kazuo Kuroki | Writer |
| Writing | Masataka Matsuda | Writer |
| Art | Toshihiro Isomi | Production Design |
| Editing | Hirohide Abe | Editor |
| Sound | Teizō Matsumura | Original Music Composer |
| Lighting | Yuzuru Satō | Gaffer |
| Sound | Yukio Kubota | Sound |
| Directing | Masahiro Hara | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Masaki Tamura | Director of Photography |
| Production | Tamotsu Kanamori | Line Producer |
| Production | Tetsuya Nakamura | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Takenori Sentô | Producer |
| Art | Fumiaki Suzaka | Decorator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tomoo Haraguchi | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Production | Akira Morii | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mari Miyamoto | Costumer |
| Sound | Yukio Hokari | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Yukio Kubota | Sound Recordist |
