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Release Year2006
Runtime1h 39m
LanguageJapanese
CertificationNR
Genres—
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DirectorMayu Nakamura
WritersMayu Nakamura
TypeFeature Film
Rating0.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe Summer of Stickleback
About The Summer of Stickleback
Set in Kyoto, 1990. Mizuho Oshima is a high school girl who hates her alcoholic mom, adores her father, and has a crush on school swim team member Sho Sugimoto. Her father lives with another women, but Mizuho hopes to reunite her family. Her mother then takes up with an Amerian soldier named Charlie and they become an item. This crushes Mizuho's hopes of reuniting her family. Mizuho then seduces her mother's lover ...
Directed by Mayu Nakamura, The Summer of Stickleback leans on a strong ensemble — Sayoko Oho, Kengo Kora, Jun Fubuki — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about screen titles of 2006.
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