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Farewell to the Summer Light

1968·96 min

Farewell to the Summer Light

Directed by Yoshishige Yoshida

DramaRomance

A spontaneous romance blooms between Kawamura, a professor touring Europe, and Naoko, a married woman living in Paris, scarred by the Nagasaki atomic bombings. The two protagonists travel around Europe trying to find themselves.

Cast

Naoko Toba

Tadashi Yokouchi

Makoto Kawamura

Robert Fitzgerald

Hélène Soubielle

Mary Fitzgerald

Crew

Masahiro Yamada

Writer

Yoshishige Yoshida

Writer

Shinji Soshizaki

Producer

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Original Music Composer

Ryusei Hasegawa

Writer

Director of Photography

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Farewell to the Summer Light (1968) is about a spontaneous romance blooms between Kawamura, a professor touring Europe, and Naoko, a married woman living in Paris, scarred by the Nagasaki atomic bombings. The two protagonists travel around Europe trying to find themselves.

Who directed Farewell to the Summer Light?

Yoshishige Yoshida directed Farewell to the Summer Light (1968).

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