Dear Summer Sister
1972, Japanese. Directed by Nagisa Ōshima.
14-year-old Sunaoko travels from Tokyo to Naha, Okinawa, with her father’s young fiancée Momoko in search of her half-brother whom she has never met. Their guide, a beer-guzzling ex-soldier, takes them to the locale’s tourist attractions, quickly delving into the underlying scars of the island’s wartime history.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 5 August 1972
- Original title
- 夏の妹
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Tsutomu Tamura, Mamoru Sasaki, Nagisa Ōshima
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Dear Summer Sister runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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Dear Summer Sister isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 August 1972. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Dear Summer Sister?
Dear Summer Sister (1972) was directed by Nagisa Ōshima and stars Hiromi Kurita, Hōsei Komatsu, Lily.