Dear Summer Sister (1972)

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Dear Summer Sister on IMDb 6.4/10 121 votes

Released:
1972-08-05

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.

Director:
Nagisa Ōshima

Runtime:
1h 36min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Hiromi Kurita
    as
    Sunaoko Kikuchi
  • Shōji Ishibashi
    as
    Tsuruo Ômura
  • Lily
    as
    Momoko Kofujida
  • Hōsei Komatsu
    as
    Kôsuke Kikuchi
  • Taiji Tonoyama
    as
    Takuzo Sakurada