It's a Summer Film!

Barefoot and friends attempt to shoot a samurai film with whatever they scavenge on the fly. Their picture, assembled with duct tape and heroic delusion, reaches the school festival despite everyone’s best efforts to derail it. A micro-budget testament to misplaced determination.

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Soushi Matsumoto directed It's a Summer Film! in 2021. See Soushi Matsumoto's full filmography, where to start with Soushi Matsumoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Soushi Matsumoto.

It's a Summer Film! was released in 2021 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 98 minutes.