One Summer's Day 1999
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.
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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Full Cast & Crew... Yuta Ooi
... Kenshiro Ooi
... Yuta's grandmother
... Masahiro Ooi
... Kaori Ooi
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Nanami Sano... Erika Ooi
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Release Date:
Jul 03, 1999 (Japan)
Run Time:
2hr 3`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Japanese
Production Countries:
Japan
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
One Summer's Day - One Summer's Day
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Yuta Ooi
... Kenshiro Ooi
... Yuta's grandmother
... Masahiro Ooi
... Kaori Ooi
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Nanami Sano... Erika Ooi
... Mikari Kobayashi
... Yumi Shina
... Tama Kobayashi
... Octopus boy
... Harunosuke (azuki shop owner)
... Mikari's mother
... Shrine priest
... Teacher with mole
... Videographer at funeral
... Man at table
... Woman at table
... Shrine worker
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Hitoshi Ômae... Shrine worker
... Chief mourner
Produced By
... Producer
... Producer