Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
Writing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Screenplay |
Directing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Director |
Editing | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Editor |
Writing | Chiho Katsura | Screenplay |
Writing | Kazuo Dan | Novel |
Art | Toshiharu Aida | Production Design |
Sound | Kosuke Yamashita | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Kujô Sanbongi | Director of Photography |
Editing | Kujô Sanbongi | Editor |
Production | Kyôko Ôbayashi | Executive Producer |
Production | Terumichi Yamazaki | Producer |
Art | Kôichi Takeuchi | Art Direction |
Art | Akihiro Nakamura | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Shigeru Moriwaki | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Koichi Fujisaki | Costume Design |
Costume & Make-Up | Chieko Waguri | Makeup Artist |
Production | Shinji Rikitoku | Production Manager |
Sound | Makoto Uchida | Sound Mixer |
Directing | Yurugu Matsumoto | Assistant Director |
Sound | Itsumi Yamamoto | Dialogue Editor |
Directing | Naomi Mikami | Assistant Director |