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Summary
Spring, 1941: 16-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
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- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics a little warmer than audiences (+9)
Critics 92Audiences 83GoodWatch 86
Tomatometer92%
Audience score100%
Letterboxd · 6 K ratings4.0/5
IMDb7.0
Running time
2 h 49 min
Longer than 9 in 10 dramas, +60 min on the typical 109
typical 109169Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 1 more
Released
2017
December 16, 2017
9 years ago
Genres
DramaRomanceWarLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
and 18 more24 people
- Shunsuke KubozukaToshihiko Sakakiyama
- Shinnosuke MitsushimaUkai
- Keishi NagatsukaKira
- Tokio EmotoAso
- Honoka YahagiMina Ema
- Hirona YamazakiAkine
- Mugi KadowakiChitose
- Takako TokiwaKeiko Ema
Takehiro MurataProfessor Yamauchi
Tetsuya TakedaDr. Ichijo
Wakaba IrieOld Maid
Kiyotaka NanbaraToshihiko's Father
Yuriko OnoToshihiko's Mother- TOTaiyo OkamotoRyo Ema
Toshie NegishiWoman at the Brothel
Shinnosuke IkehataOld Prostitute
Takahito HosoyamadaMilitary Police Man
Kayoko ShiraishiProfessor Yamauchi's Mother- RORyunosuke OkawaOnnagata Actor
Tsurutaro KataokaCaligrapher
Masahiro TakashimaAkine's Father- YHYujiro HaraAkine's Brother
Tōru ShinagawaOld Man at Festival
Takao ItōPresent Day Toshihiko
Directing · 3
- Nobuhiko Obayashi Director, Screenplay, Editor
- Yurugu Matsumoto Assistant Director
- Naomi Mikami Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Chiho Katsura Screenplay
- Kazuo Dan Novel
Production · 3
- Kyōko Ōbayashi Executive Producer
- Terumichi Yamazaki Producer
- Shinji Rikitoku Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Hisaki Sanbongi Director of Photography, Editor
Sound · 3
- Kosuke Yamashita Original Music Composer
- Makoto Uchida Sound Mixer
- Itsumi Yamamoto Dialogue Editor
Art · 3
- Toshiharu Aida Production Design
- Kôichi Takeuchi Art Direction
- Akihiro Nakamura Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Shigeru Moriwaki Costume Design
- Koichi Fujisaki Costume Design
- Chieko Waguri Makeup Artist
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