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Summer Wars

Summer Wars

Always protect your network.

20097.51h 54m

Overview

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.

Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Written by Satoko Okudera, Mamoru Hosoda
Produced by Nozomu Takahashi, Takuya Ito, Yuichiro Saito
Box Office0Revenue: $18.4M

Top Cast

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Ryunosuke Kamiki

Kenji Koiso (voice)

Hitomi Miyauchi

Hitomi Miyauchi

Natsuki Shinohara (voice)

Mitsuki Tanimura

Mitsuki Tanimura

Kazuma Ikezawa (voice)

Sumiko Fuji

Sumiko Fuji

Sakae Jinnouchi (voice)

Ayumu Saito

Ayumu Saito

Wabisuke Jinnouchi (voice)

Takahiro Yokokawa

Takahiro Yokokawa

Takashi Sakuma (voice)

Kiyomi Tanigawa

Kiyomi Tanigawa

Yukiko Shinohara (voice)

Mutsumi Sasaki

Mutsumi Sasaki

Kazuo Shinohara (voice)

Mieko Nobusawa

Mieko Nobusawa

Mariko Jinnouchi (voice)

Takuya Kirimoto

Takuya Kirimoto

Riichi Jinnouchi (voice)

Themes & Keywords

card gameartificial intelligence (a.i.)computerhackervirtual realityfamily holidayadult animationanime

About Summer Wars

Summer Wars is a animation, science fiction film released in 2009 exploring themes of card game, artificial intelligence (a.i.), computer, hacker, virtual reality, family holiday. Directed by Mamoru Hosoda, it stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hitomi Miyauchi, Mitsuki Tanimura. 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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