"One summer, youth runs free"

2021

1h 28m

7.3(345 votes)

Animation

Romance

Drama

Overview

After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Somegoro Ichikawa

Cherry (voice)

Hana Sugisaki

Smile (voice)

Megumi Han

Beaver (voice)

Natsuki Hanae

Japan (voice)

Yuuichirou Umehara

Toughboy (voice)

Megumi Nakajima

Julie (voice)

Sumire Morohoshi

Marie (voice)

Shizuka Itoh

Nami (voice)

Minori Suzuki

Akiko (voice)

Hiroshi Kamiya

Koichi (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Kyohei Ishiguro
Written by: Dai Sato
Kyohei Ishiguro
Produced by: Shuzo Kasahara
Motoki Mukaichi

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