A Boy's Summer in 1945
5.3
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2002-12-14
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Drama
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.
Featured Crew
| Kazuo Kuroki | Director |
| Kazuo Kuroki | Writer |
| Masataka Matsuda | Writer |
| Toshihiro Isomi | Production Design |
| Hirohide Abe | Editor |
| Teizō Matsumura | Original Music Composer |
| Yuzuru Sato | Gaffer |
| Yukio Kubota | Sound |
| Masahiro Hara | Assistant Director |
| Masaki Tamura | Director of Photography |
