
Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
Toshihiko Sakakiyama

Ukai

Kira

Aso

Mina Ema

Akine

Chitose

Keiko Ema

Professor Yamauchi

Dr. Ichijo

Old Maid

Toshihiko's Father
Toshihiko's Mother

Ryo Ema
Woman at the Brothel

Old Prostitute

Military Police Man

Professor Yamauchi's Mother

Onnagata Actor
Caligrapher

Akine's Father

Akine's Brother
Old Man at Festival

Present Day Toshihiko
