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.
Cast
Shunsuke Kubozuka
Toshihiko Sakakiyama
Shinnosuke Mitsushima
Ukai
Keishi Nagatsuka
Kira
Tokio Emoto
Aso
Honoka Yahagi
Mina Ema
Hirona Yamazaki
Akine
Mugi Kadowaki
Chitose
Takako Tokiwa
Keiko Ema
Takehiro Murata
Professor Yamauchi
Tetsuya Takeda
Dr. Ichijo
Wakaba Irie
Old Maid
Kiyotaka Nanbara
Toshihiko's Father
Yuriko Ono
Toshihiko's Mother
Taiyo Okamoto
Ryo Ema
Toshie Negishi
Woman at the Brothel
Shinnosuke Ikehata
Old Prostitute
Takahito Hosoyamada
Military Police Man
Kayoko Shiraishi
Professor Yamauchi's Mother
Ryunosuke Okawa
Onnagata Actor
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Caligrapher
Masahiro Takashima
Akine's Father
Yujiro Hara
Akine's Brother
Tōru Shinagawa
Old Man at Festival
Takao Itō
Present Day Toshihiko
Crew
Nobuhiko Obayashi
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Chiho Katsura
Screenplay
Kazuo Dan
Novel
Kujô Sanbongi
Editor, Director of Photography
Naomi Mikami
Assistant Director
Yurugu Matsumoto
Assistant Director
Kyōko Ōbayashi
Executive Producer
Terumichi Yamazaki
Producer
Toshiharu Aida
Production Design
Koichi Fujisaki
Costume Design
Shigeru Moriwaki
Costume Design
Chieko Waguri
Makeup Artist
Makoto Uchida
Sound Mixer
Kosuke Yamashita
Original Music Composer
Itsumi Yamamoto
Dialogue Editor
Akihiro Nakamura
Set Decoration
Shinji Rikitoku
Production Manager
Kôichi Takeuchi
Art Direction
