Dear Summer Sister

1h 36min

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Art Theatre Guild

Sozosha

Cast

Hiromi Kurita

Hiromi Kurita

Sunaoko Kikuchi
Shōji Ishibashi

Shōji Ishibashi

Tsuruo Ômura
Lily

Lily

Momoko Kofujida
Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Kôsuke Kikuchi
Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Takuzo Sakurada
Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Rintoku Teruya
Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Tsuru Ômura
Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Shinkô Kuniyoshi

Release date

5th Aug 1972

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語