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Dear Summer Sister
Dear Summer Sister

Dear Summer Sister

Genres

Drama

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14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in search of her half-brother whom she has never met. Their guide, a beer-guzzling ex-soldier, takes them to the locale’s tourist attractions, quickly delving into the underlying scars of the island’s wartime history.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

4.3/10

Release Date

05 August 1972

Country

Japan

Cast

Hiromi Kurita

Hiromi Kurita

Sunaoko Kikuchi

Shōji Ishibashi

Shōji Ishibashi

Tsuruo Ômura

Lily

Lily

Momoko Kofujida

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Kôsuke Kikuchi

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Takuzo Sakurada

Rokkō Toura

Rokkō Toura

Rintoku Teruya

Akiko Koyama

Akiko Koyama

Tsuru Ômura

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Shinkô Kuniyoshi

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