Summer for the Living

Overview

A humanistic drama about an encounter in the life of a woman around the age of 40, set during the Obon season when the living take time to reflect on the dead. Director Fukuma Kenji is also a poet and a university professor. Chikage (Yoshino Akira) is reunited with Shohei (Suzuki Tsunekichi), a man she once lived together with, and his daughter Saki (Kohara Saori). After several twists and turns, Chikage and Shohei come to share the same roof again, but Saki is unable to accept it. Then one year later during Obon, relations eventually thaw between Chikage and Saki.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 27, 2011

Original language

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Saori Kohara,Akira Yoshino,Tsunekichi Suzuki

Director

Kenji Fukuma

Writer

Kenji Fukuma

Producer

Keiko Fukuma

Cinematography

Kazuhiro Suzuki

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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