Summer Vacation 1999

Rural Japan, cicada song. Empty dormitories become fever-dream playground for three boys left behind. A fourth appears, a double of their dead classmate. Ghosts of old jealousies now stalk the halls. Kaneko's uncanny, pre-horror tale is ripe for rediscovery.

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Shusuke Kaneko directed Summer Vacation 1999 in 1988. See Shusuke Kaneko's full filmography, where to start with Shusuke Kaneko, or where to go after you've seen everything by Shusuke Kaneko.

Summer Vacation 1999 was released in 1988 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 90 minutes.