Summer with Kuro
1990, Japanese. Directed by Masao Ito & Takeshi Shirato.
Hiroshima, summer of 1945. A young girl named Nobuko saves a starving kitten from crows. She wants to keep the kitten, but her parents dismiss the idea. Nobuko eventually convinces them to let her keep it. She and her brother Makoto name the cat Kuro. Kuro quickly brings joy and laughter to the family. As World War II takes its toll on Japan, it becomes harder for Nobuko and her family to care for Kuro. One August morning, Kuro begins acting strangely...
- Runtime
- 1h 7m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 4 June 1990
- Original title
- クロがいた夏
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Keiji Nakazawa, Takeshi Shirato
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Summer with Kuro runs 67 minutes (1h 7m).
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Summer with Kuro isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 June 1990. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Summer with Kuro?
Summer with Kuro (1990) was directed by Masao Ito and Takeshi Shirato and stars Taeko Nakanishi, Koji Yada.