Summer Wars
dir. Mamoru Hosoda
79
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Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.
Critics consensus
Family drama mixes with virtual online action in the breezy and entertaining Summer Wars.
Directed byMamoru Hosoda
StarringRyunosuke Kamiki, Hitomi Miyauchi, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji, Ayumu Saito, Takahiro Yokokawa
Written bySatoko Okudera
CinematographyYukihiro Masumoto
EditingShigeru Nishiyama
MusicAkihiko Matsumoto
Summer Wars
2009 · PG · 1h 54m
Animation, Science Fiction
Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.
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79
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