Summer Wars
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User Rating
Current user rating: 93/100 (10 votes)
Profile
- Movie: Summer Wars
- Romaji:
- Japanese: サマーウォーズ
- Director: Mamoru Hosoda
- Writer: Satoko Okudera
- Producer:
- Cinematographer:
- Release Date: August 1, 2009
- Runtime:
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Kenji, a genius in mathematics, works part-time as a programmer for the virtual world Oz on the internet. His senior at the company is Natsuki Shinohara, whom Kenji has a crush on. One day, Natsuki offers to pay Kenji if he would act as her fiance on a trip to visit her family in a rural village.
When they arrive at the village Kenji is introduced as her fiance. Kenji feels uncomfortable surrounded by her relatives but plays along. Then a message arrives for Kenji from an unknown sender describing a cryptic puzzle that will cause the world to be involved in a serious crisis with the virtual world of Oz. This is when Natsuki's elderly grandmother states that if a family member is in trouble the whole family must pull together to help solve the problem. Thus, the new family gathers together to prevent the impending doom.
Cast (voice)
- Nanami Sakuraba - Natsuki Shinohara
- Ryunosuke Kamiki - Kenji Koiso
- Ayumu Saito - Wabisuke Jinnouchi
- Mitsuki Tanimura - Kazuma Ikezawa
- Junko Fuji - Sakae Jinnouchi
- Riisa Naka
Trailer
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Film Festivals
- 2009 (62nd) Locarno International Film Festival - August 5th-15th - International Competition
- 2009 (42nd) Sitges Film Festival - October 1st-12th - Sitges Oficial Fantàstic Panorama
- 2009 (6th) Hong Kong Asian Film Festival - October 15th-30th - Special Presentation
- 2010 (60th) Berlin International Film Festival - February 11th-21th - Generation
- 2010 (14th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 8-28 *Montreal Premiere
- 2010 (9th) Asian Film Festival of Dallas - July 23-29, 2010 *Southwest Premiere
- 2010 (6th) Fantastic Fest - September 23-30 *Austin Premiere
Awards
- Animation of the Year - 2010 (33rd) Japan Academy Prize - March 5, 2010
- Best Animated Film - 2009 (42nd) Sitges Film Festival - October 1-12, 2009
Patrick M Says:
Oct 13 2011 7:19 pm
This was a wonderful movie to watch. The story was compelling and elements of Mamoru Hosoda's Digimon movies can be seen.
Good to watch with the family and worth atleast a glance.