One Summer Story

One Summer Story

138 mins | Drama | Aug. 20, 2021

Between competitive swim team practice and cramming for classes the anime Buffalo Kotek is Minami’s only respit from her hectic life. So it feels a lot like kismet when she discovers that her classmate Shohei, and aspiring manga artist, shares her obsession—and that his brother is an amateur detective. It seems as though Minami’s finally formed the perfect team to help her unravel a big mystery of her own, following a recent trail of clues that just might lead to her long lost father. The timing couldn’t be better when an out-of-town swim competition presents itself as the perfect alibi, and she sneaks off to the Japanese coast to discover a whole new side of herself in this bold and charming story of anime, friendship, family, and the life aquatic.

One Summer Story

138 mins | Drama | Aug. 20, 2021

One Summer Story
Between competitive swim team practice and cramming for classes the anime Buffalo Kotek is Minami’s only respit from her hectic life. So it feels a lot like kismet when she discovers that her classmate Shohei, and aspiring manga artist, shares her obsession—and that his brother is an amateur detective. It seems as though Minami’s finally formed the perfect team to help her unravel a big mystery of her own, following a recent trail of clues that just might lead to her long lost father. The timing couldn’t be better when an out-of-town swim competition presents itself as the perfect alibi, and she sneaks off to the Japanese coast to discover a whole new side of herself in this bold and charming story of anime, friendship, family, and the life aquatic.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 子供はわかってあげない
Directors Shuichi Okita
Writers

Cast

Moka Kamishiraishi

as Sakuta Minami

Kanata Hosoda

as Moji Shouhei

Yuki Saito

as Minami's mother

Etsushi Toyokawa

as Minami's biological father

Yudai Chiba

as Moji's older brother

Kanji Furutachi

as Minami's stepfather

Tôru Shinagawa

as Moji's grandfather

Hina Yukawa

as Miyaji

Miyu Tomita

as Koteko (voice)

Daisuke Namikawa

as Count Cement (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

as Mortar (voice)

Tatsuhisa Suzuki

as Concretarō (voice)

Show Hayami

as Prince Shōtoku (voice)