Dear Summer Sister

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.

Director: Nagisa Ōshima

Cast: Hiromi Kurita, Hōsei Komatsu, Lily, Akiko Koyama, Shōji Ishibashi, Kei Satō, Taiji Tonoyama, Rokkō Toura

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.