Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story
ソ満国境 15歳の夏
Synopsis
Keisuke, 15-year-old junior-high school boy, has been forced to live as refugees with his family in temporary housing apart from a hometown as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake.In 2012, he belongs to a broadcasting club of his junior-high, to which he has to be admitted for the earthquake. He spends time with some fellows of a club. But all equipment to make their works of it has been washed away by the tsunami. He decides to give up his filmmaking in this summer, which will be the last time of his junior-high days to make a work.But one day a man who lives in a small village in Heilongjiang, China donates the equipment for filmmaking to Keisuke's school. Also Keisuke, his fellows and his teacher have been invited by him to shoot a film in China. And they are travelling to shoot around the boundless Chinese land.
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Tetsuya Matsushima
- Screenplay & Story
- Tetsuya Matsushima, Naoyuki Tomomatsu
- Original Score
- Koji Ueno
- Original Title
- ソ満国境 15歳の夏
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- Spoken Languages
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Production Studios
- Japan Slow Cinema Network
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Tetsuya Matsushima
Tetsuya Matsushima, Naoyuki Tomomatsu, Kazuo Tahara
Koji Ueno
Kazutaka Shimizu, Seiichi Miyazawa
Seiichi Miyazawa, Yoshito Noda, Tetsuya Matsushima
Department Leadership Roster
Seiichi Miyazawa
Producer
Tetsuya Matsushima
Director
Yoshito Noda
Producer
Kazutaka Shimizu
Editor
Tetsuya Matsushima
Screenplay
Naoyuki Tomomatsu
Screenplay
Seiichi Miyazawa
Editor
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What is Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story about?
Keisuke, 15-year-old junior-high school boy, has been forced to live as refugees with his family in temporary housing apart from a hometown as a result of the Great East Japan Earthquake.In 2012, he belongs to a broadcasting club of his junior-high, to which he has to be admitted for the earthquake. He spends time with some fellows of a club. But all equipment to make their works of it has been washed away by the tsunami. He decides to give up his filmmaking in this summer, which will be the last time of his junior-high days to make a work.But one day a man who lives in a small village in Heilongjiang, China donates the equipment for filmmaking to Keisuke's school. Also Keisuke, his fellows and his teacher have been invited by him to shoot a film in China. And they are travelling to shoot around the boundless Chinese land.
Who directed Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story?
Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story was directed by Tetsuya Matsushima.
Who stars in Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story?
The principal cast of Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story includes Ryûichirô Shibata, Miho Kanazawa, Noboru Kaneko, Yoshiko Kayama, Katsuya Kobayashi.
When was Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story released and how long is it?
Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story was released in 2015 with a total runtime of 1h 34m.
Who composed the musical score for Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story?
The original motion picture soundtrack for Summer on the Frontline: A Boy's Story was composed by Koji Ueno.