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On Summer Sand

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Director: 玉田真也
Cast: 小田切让 · 松隆子 · 满岛光 · 高石明里 · 高桥文哉 · 森山直太朗

Storyline

Based on the play by Masataka Matsuda, which won the Yomiuri Literature Award for Drama and Script, the film is set in a rainless Nagasaki summer and tells the story of protagonist Koura Osamu (Joe Odagiri), whose life has stopped due to the loss of his son. Abandoned by his wife Keiko (Takako Matsu), he begins living with his 17-year-old niece Yuko (Akari Takaishi), left behind by his sister Asako (Hikari Mitsushima), and the story unfolds from there. Osamu vaguely notices his shipyard colleagues Jinno (Naotaro Moriyama) and Mochida (Ken Mitsuishi) when Keiko goes to pick up their son's memorial tablet, while Yuko meets senior colleague Tateyama (Fumiya Takahashi) at her part-time job. A man who has lost love, a woman who has given up on love, and a girl who doesn't understand love. While facing their own hardships, each discovers a small bud of hope in their hearts, dry as summer sand.