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Summer Vacation 1999 (1999年の夏休み, Sen-kyūhyaku-kyūjūkyū-nen no Natsuyasumi) is a 1988 Japanese sci-fi ghost-story directed by Shusuke Kaneko, adapted from the manga series The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio.
Summer Vacation 1999: Directed by Shûsuke Kaneko. With Eri Miyajima, Tomoko Ôtakara, Miyuki Nakano, Eri Fukatsu. Summer vacation has emptied a Japanese boys' school of all but three boys: the junior Norio & the seniors Kazuhiko & Naoto.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
- Shûsuke Kaneko
- 1989-07
Summer vacation has emptied a Japanese boys' school of all but three boys: the junior Norio & the seniors Kazuhiko & Naoto. They have no families to return to for the summer, so they spend their days in the empty school.
Summer vacation has emptied a Japanese boys' school of all but three boys: the junior Norio & the seniors Kazuhiko & Naoto. They have no families to return to for the summer, so they spend their days in the empty school.
Summer Vacation tells the story of four teenage students who spend their summer vacation at school – unsupervised and untouched by the outside world.
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- Shusuke Kaneko
Brief Synopsis. At a boarding school in the country, four boys are left in residence. One of them commits suicide and the other three try to reconcile their lives.
Apr 21, 2024 · A festival hit in its home country on release, Summer Vacation 1999 was chosen for a retrospective screening at Queer East 2024 in London. It has proven to be an enduring fan favourite with deep appeal for young LGBTQ+ people in Japan, where attitudes to same sex romance are sharply divided by generation.
