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Summer for the Living

20111h 29mMovieDrama

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…

DirectorKenji Fukuma
WriterKenji Fukuma
ProducerKeiko Fukuma

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Cast · Directed by Kenji Fukuma

AYAkira Yoshino
Akira Yoshino
Chikage
SK
Saori Kohara
Saki
TSTsunekichi Suzuki
Tsunekichi Suzuki
Shohei

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