On Summer Sand

This story begins with a protagonist whose sense of time has halted due to the grief of losing his son, now abandoned by his wife, and his sudden cohabitation with his 17-year-old niece left behind by his sister. A man who has lost love, a woman who has renounced love, and a girl who knows nothing of love... As they confront their respective pains, their journey of discovering faint sprouts of hope in hearts as parched as summer sand is depicted—a poignant yet tender masterpiece where sorrow and warmth intertwine.

• Release date
• July 4, 2025
• Runtime
• 102 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Shinya Tamada

Cast

Joe Odagiri Osamu Koura Akari Takaishi Yuko Kawakami Takako Matsu Keiko Koura

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Naotaro Moriyama Kohei Jinno Fumiya Takahashi Tateyama Kotaro Yukiko Shinohara Shigeko Jinno Hikari Mitsushima Asako Kawakami Ken Mitsuishi Takanobu Mochida