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.

Released Dec. 14, 2002 118 min None+

Genres: Drama, History

Keywords: tmdb.world-war-ii, tmdb.1940s, tmdb.children-in-wartime, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.japan, aspectratio.2-35-1

Production Companies: Rumble Fish

Country: Japan
Production Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese