Farewell to the Summer Light

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Farewell to the Summer Light

1968

1h 36m

6.9(17 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

A spontaneous romance blooms between Kawamura, a professor touring Europe, and Naoko, a married woman living in Paris, scarred by the Nagasaki atomic bombings. The two protagonists travel around Europe trying to find themselves.

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4 featured cast members

Starring

Mariko Okada

Naoko Toba

Tadashi Yokouchi

Makoto Kawamura

Paul Beauvais

Robert Fitzgerald

Hélène Soubielle

Mary Fitzgerald

Creative team

Directed by: Yoshishige Yoshida
Written by: Yoshishige Yoshida
Masahiro Yamada
Produced by: Shinji Soshizaki

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