Dear Summer Sister (1972)

08/05/1972 (JP) • 1h 36m

Drama

Overview

14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in search of her half-brother whom she has never met. Their guide, a beer-guzzling ex-soldier, takes them to the locale’s tourist attractions, quickly delving into the underlying scars of the island’s wartime history.

Top Billed Cast

Hiromi Kurita

Sunaoko Kikuchi

Shōji Ishibashi

Tsuruo Ômura

Lily

Momoko Kofujida

Hōsei Komatsu

Kôsuke Kikuchi

Taiji Tonoyama

Takuzo Sakurada

Rokkō Toura

Rintoku Teruya

Akiko Koyama

Tsuru Ômura

Kei Satō

Shinkô Kuniyoshi


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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

island

mistaken identity

half-brother

summer

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