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One Summer's Day

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.

Top 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

    Nanami Sano

    Erika Ooi

  • Kanae Katsuno

    Kanae Katsuno

    Mikari Kobayashi

  • Hikari Ishida

    Hikari Ishida

    Yumi Shina

  • Aoi Miyazaki

    Aoi Miyazaki

    Tama Kobayashi

Overview

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.

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