Summer for the Living
2011, Japanese. Directed by Kenji Fukuma.
A humanistic drama about an encounter in the life of a woman around the age of 40, set during the Obon season when the living take time to reflect on the dead. Director Fukuma Kenji is also a poet and a university professor. Chikage (Yoshino Akira) is reunited with Shohei (Suzuki Tsunekichi), a man she once lived together with, and his daughter Saki (Kohara Saori). After several twists and turns, Chikage and Shohei come to share the same roof again, but Saki is unable to accept it. Then one year later during Obon, relations eventually thaw between Chikage and Saki.
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 27 August 2011
- Original title
- わたしたちの夏
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Kenji Fukuma
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Summer for the Living runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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Summer for the Living isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 27 August 2011. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like Summer for the Living?
If you liked Summer for the Living, try One Million Yen Girl, Passion, The Ballad of Narayama.
Who directed Summer for the Living?
Summer for the Living (2011) was directed by Kenji Fukuma and stars Akira Yoshino, Saori Kohara, Tsunekichi Suzuki.