One Summer's Day

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Takuro Atsuki

Yuta Ooi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Keiju Kobayashi

Kenshiro Ooi

Age : 86 | Popularity : 4%

Kin Sugai

Yuta's grandmother

Age : 92 | Popularity : 3%

Kyūsaku Shimada

Masahiro Ooi

Age : 68 | Popularity : 5%

Miyuki Matsuda

Kaori Ooi

Age : 62 | Popularity : 4%

Nanami Sano

Erika Ooi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Kanae Katsuno

Mikari Kobayashi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Hikari Ishida

Yumi Shina

Age : 51 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Nobuhiko Obayashi
Writing	Writer	Nobuhiko Obayashi Fumio Ishimori
	Original Story	Hisashi Yamanaka
Camera	Director of Photography	Noritaka Sakamoto
Sound	Original Music Composer	Kosuke Yamashita Sotaro Manabu
Production	Producer	Kyôko Ôbayashi Yasushi Akutagawa
Department	Role	Name

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