Dear Summer Sister (1972)

5.1/10 • 96 min • Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Hiromi Kurita

Sunaoko Kikuchi

Hōsei Komatsu

Kôsuke Kikuchi

Lily

Momoko Kofujida

Akiko Koyama

Kei Satō

Shinkô Kuniyoshi

Taiji Tonoyama

Takuzo Sakurada

Rokkō Toura

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