Summer of the Moonlight Sonata (1993)
Original title: 月光の夏
Summer of the Moonlight Sonata is a 1993 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Seijiro Koyama, with a running time of 1h 52m. It stars Misako Watanabe, Mayumi Wakamura and Minoru Tanaka.
Two soon-to-be kamikaze pilots stop by a local school near their base to play the piano one last time, leaving a deep impression on a teacher. Years later, she seeks out the relatives of the pilots when the piano is old and about to be discarded.
Cast
- Misako Watanabe as Kimiko Yoshioka
- Mayumi Wakamura as Kimiko Miyao
- Minoru Tanaka as Shinsuke Kazama
- Norikatsu Nagano as Mitsuhiko Umino
- Yūsuke Takita as Yoshioka
- Mako Ishino as Rie Ishida
- Tetsuko Kobayashi as Kazama's wife
- Takahiro Tamura as Kingo Ishikura
- Choei Takahashi as Major Yagashima
- Taketoshi Naitō as Yuki
- Kei Yamamoto as Miike
- Tokue Hanazawa