One Summer Story

A deadpan quest for meaning, taken literally. Two high school misfits—a swimmer and an academic—stumble into a shared, sun-bleached adventure. If the film remembers them at all, it’s as background noise to its own nostalgia.

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Shuichi Okita directed One Summer Story in 2021. See Shuichi Okita's full filmography, where to start with Shuichi Okita, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shuichi Okita.

One Summer Story was released in 2021 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 139 minutes.