Dear Summer Sister (1972) Natsu no imôto | Region-Free (Blu-Ray) | Directed by Nagisa Ôshima

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Cinema Dream Network Custom Region-Free Blu-ray/BD-R

Presented in 1080p with English subtitles.

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Title: Dear Summer Sister (1972)

Alternate Title: Natsu no imôto

Genre: Drama

Plot Synopsis:

A 14-year-old girl named Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, accompanied by her father’s young fiancée, Momoko, in search of a half-brother she has never met. Their guide, a beer-guzzling ex-soldier, leads them through the island’s tourist attractions, uncovering the underlying scars of Okinawa’s wartime history.

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Cast and Crew:

• Director: Nagisa Ōshima
• Writers:
  • Nagisa Ōshima
  • Mamoru Sasaki
  • Tsutomu Tamura
• Cast:
  • Hiromi Kurita as Sunaoko
  • Lily as Momoko
  • Hōsei Komatsu as Kikuchi
  • Akiko Koyama as Tsuru
  • Shōji Ishibashi as Saburo Hibino

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IMDb Link:

Dear Summer Sister (1972)

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Reviews from Letterboxd:

1. Daniel – ★★★☆☆

   “Where Ôshima’s The Ceremony felt like a culmination of his 60’s new wave style, Dear Summer Sister feels like the start of something new. Just from the vibes, I would never even guess this is one of his films. At the immediate surface level, this is breezy and humorous and carefree – the last things I associate with his cinema. Toru Takemitsu’s usual dissonant strings are exchanged for a beachy lounge score. I would almost be comfortable watching this with my mother (if it wasn’t for all of the, you know, incest and stuff).”

2. Filipe Furtado – ★★★½☆

   “The effects of Okinawa as space and its relationship to Japan. Oshima keeps finding new ways to make its subject troubling, and the way Dear Summer Sister plays its youth movie surface, complicated family plotting, ethnographic observations, and historical annotations is consistently intriguing. Also, Oshima seems to be looking ahead; it suggests a lot of 80s Japanese cinema to come.”

3. Avirup – ★★★★☆

   “Part travelogue, part political exploration of Japan’s difficult relationship with Okinawa, part youthful character drama. Surprisingly breezy for Ōshima that flows really well with nice summer vibes. The film looks stunning, the score is nice, and there’s incest. This one will keep growing on me, I feel.”

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Meta Description:

“Dear Summer Sister” (1972), directed by Nagisa Ōshima, is a Japanese drama that follows a young girl’s journey to Okinawa in search of her half-brother, exploring themes of family and the lingering effects of wartime history.