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1972

Dear Summer Sister

Directed by Nagisa Ōshima

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.

Duration

1h 36m

Released

August 5, 1972

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Cast8

  • Hiromi Kurita
  • Shōji Ishibashi
  • Lily
  • Hōsei Komatsu
  • Taiji Tonoyama
  • Rokkō Toura
  • Akiko Koyama
  • Kei Satō

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