01 Sep 2023
September 1923
Based on the murder of nine street peddlers in the aftermath of the Great Kanto earthquake.
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 Billed Cast
Takuro Atsuki Yuta Ooi
小林桂樹 Kenshiro Ooi
菅井きん Yuta's grandmother
嶋田久作 Masahiro Ooi
松田美由紀 Kaori Ooi
Nanami Sano Erika Ooi
勝野雅奈恵 Mikari Kobayashi
石田ひかり Yumi Shina
宮﨑あおい Tama Kobayashi
Katsuya Koiso Octopus boy
Shinya Yamamoto Harunosuke (azuki shop owner)
入江若葉 Mikari's mother
上田耕一 Shrine priest
林泰文 Teacher with mole
天宮良 Videographer at funeral
ベンガル Man at table
根岸季衣 Woman at table
五十嵐 信次郎 Shrine worker
大前均 Shrine worker
大和田伸也 Chief mourner
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