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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
Plot. 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. A darkness hangs over the three however: the suicide, three months earlier, of classmate Yu.
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
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. A darkness hangs over the three however: the suicide, three months earlier, of classmate Yu.
- Shûsuke Kaneko
- Japan
- Eri Miyajima
- July 1989
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.
