A Boy's Summer in 1945
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.
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Kazuo Kuroki
Director
Masataka Matsuda
Writer
Kazuo Kuroki
Writer
Masahiro Hara
Assistant Director
Hirohide Abe
Editor
Yukio Kubota
Sound
Toshihiro Isomi
Production Design
Teizō Matsumura
Original Music Composer
Yuzuru Satō
Gaffer
Masaki Tamura
Director of Photography
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