One Summer's Day Poster

One Summer's Day

0.00% | July 3, 1999 | Fantasy, Drama

Veteran filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi rounds out the second of his two trilogies about his hometown of Onomichi with this film about the budding relationship between a young lad and an eccentric old man. Fifth-grader Yuta (Takuro Atsugi) is a typical city child looking forward to a summer of reading comic books and playing video games. Instead, he is bundled off to his grandparent's house on the Inland Sea. His grandfather, Yuta's parents explain, has been acting strangely as of late -- he eats the offerings in the family altar and once tried to lead attendants at a funeral in a rousing round of calisthenics. Since his mother and father are swamped with work, and his elder sister (Nana Sano) is studying for college entrance exams, Yuta has been asked to look after Grandpa. The old man takes Yuta on a tour of Onomichi, regaling him with 70 years of its history. Along the way, Grandpa slips in and out of the past, increasingly unable to discern between the two.

Featured Crew

Nobuhiko Obayashi
Director
Fumio Ishimori
Writer
Kyôko Ôbayashi
Producer
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Cast

Takuro Atsuki
Takuro Atsuki
Yuta Ooi
Keiju Kobayashi
Keiju Kobayashi
Kenshiro Ooi
Kin Sugai
Kin Sugai
Yuta's grandmother
Kyūsaku Shimada
Kyūsaku Shimada
Masahiro Ooi
Miyuki Matsuda
Miyuki Matsuda
Kaori Ooi

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