A Boy's Summer in 1945 (2002)
Overview
In the final days of World War II, a 15-year-old boy grappling with survivor's guilt watches a rural Japanese community quietly fracture under the heavy emotional tolls of war.
Cast
Tasuku Emoto
Yoshio Harada
Tokie Hidari
Wakaba Irie
Eri Ishida
Teruyuki Kagawa
Masahiro Komoto
Riho Makise
Junko Miyashita
Hiroko Nakajima
Erika Oda
Susumu Terajima
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