Movie: Farewell to the Summer Light

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Mariko Okada
岡田茉莉子

Naoko Toba

Tadashi Yokouchi
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Makoto Kawamura

Paul Beauvais
Paul Beauvais

Robert Fitzgerald

Hélène Soubielle
Hélène Soubielle

Mary Fitzgerald

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    A spontaneous romance blooms between Kawamura, a professor touring Europe, and Naoko, a married woman living in Paris, scarred by the Nagasaki atomic bombings. The two protagonists travel around Europe trying to find themselves.

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    1968-12-31

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