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Dear Summer Sister(1972)
Status: Released
Date: 1972-08-05
51%
7 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies: 
Sozosha
Movie: Dear Summer Sister
Top 8 Billed Cast
栗田ひろみ
Sunaoko Kikuchi
小松方正
Kôsuke Kikuchi
りりィ
Momoko Kofujida
小山明子
Tsuru Ômura
佐藤慶
Shinkô Kuniyoshi
殿山泰司
Takuzo Sakurada
戸浦六宏
Rintoku Teruya
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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.
Release Date
1972-08-05
Average
5.1
Rating:
2.5 startsTagline
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