Summer Wars

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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

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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

Comments

Comment #1
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.