One Summer's Day
One Summer's Day

Movie·1999·2h 3m

One Summer's Day

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: あの、夏の日 とんでろ じいちゃん

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.

Written By

Fumio Ishimori

Producer

Yasushi Akutagawa, Kyōko Ōbayashi

Cinematography

Noritaka Sakamoto

Music

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Themes

taisho period

Production House

PSC

Audience Score

100%

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Cast

Takuro Atsuki

Takuro Atsuki

Yuta Ooi

Keiju Kobayashi

Keiju Kobayashi

Kenshiro Ooi

Kin Sugai

Kin Sugai

Yuta's grandmother

Kyusaku Shimada

Kyusaku Shimada

Masahiro Ooi

Miyuki Matsuda

Miyuki Matsuda

Kaori Ooi

Nanami Sano

Erika Ooi

Kanae Katsuno

Kanae Katsuno

Mikari Kobayashi

Hikari Ishida

Hikari Ishida

Yumi Shina

Aoi Miyazaki

Aoi Miyazaki

Tama Kobayashi

Katsuya Koiso

Octopus boy

Shinya Yamamoto

Harunosuke (azuki shop owner)

Shiho Akutagawa

Harunosuke's Daughter

Wakaba Irie

Wakaba Irie

Mikari's mother

Koichi Ueda

Koichi Ueda

Shrine priest

Yasufumi Hayashi

Yasufumi Hayashi

Teacher with mole

Ryo Amamiya

Ryo Amamiya

Videographer at funeral

Bengal

Bengal

Man at table

Toshie Negishi

Toshie Negishi

Woman at table

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Crew

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Nobuhiko Obayashi

Director, Writer, Original Music Composer

Fumio Ishimori

Fumio Ishimori

Writer

Yasushi Akutagawa

Producer

Kyōko Ōbayashi

Producer

Noritaka Sakamoto

Director of Photography

Kosuke Yamashita

Original Music Composer

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