A Bad Summer

You work at city hall, navigating a gauntlet of desperate citizens and coworkers. But your quiet life cracks when you're implicated in a crime. The director lingers on neon-drenched streets. It lingers as a study of everyday moral compromise.

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Hideo Jojo directed A Bad Summer in 2025. See Hideo Jojo's full filmography, where to start with Hideo Jojo, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hideo Jojo.

A Bad Summer was released in 2025 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 114 minutes.