Japan / Aug 05, 1972
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 夏の妹 |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Art Theatre Guild, Sozosha |
| Release date | 5 agosto 1972 |
| Executive producer | Kinshirō Kuzui, Eiko Oshima |
| Writer | Tsutomu Tamura, Mamoru Sasaki, Nagisa Ōshima |
| Editing | Keiichi Uraoka |
| Cinematography | Yasuhiro Yoshioka |
| Assistant directors | Kiyoshi Ogasawara, Shizuo Satô, Nagisa Ōshima |
| Camera operators | Yasuhiro Yoshioka |
| Additional photography | Yasuhiro Yoshioka |
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| Production design | Shigemasa Toda |
| Art direction | Shigemasa Toda |
| Set decoration | Shigemasa Toda |
| Music | Toru Takemitsu, Tetsuo Yasuda, Akira Honma |
| Sound | Tetsuo Yasuda, Akira Honma, Toru Takemitsu |
Release dates
Theatrical release
United States / Jan 16, 1985
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