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Summer of the Moonlight Sonata

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Original title

Gekko no natsu

Year

1993

Running time

110 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Seijirô Kôyama

Screenwriter

Tsunoyuki Mori

Cast

Music

Masao Kyubi

Cinematography

Fuminori Minami

Producer

Nippon Herald, Shigoto Film Production

Genre

Drama | II World War. 1940s

Synopsis

A fictional film that is nonetheless inspired by an account of two Japanese soon-to-be kamikaze pilots has the two stop by a local school near their base one last time to play the piano before they proceed on their suicide mission against the attacking American forces. It is May 1945 and they play Beethoven's Sonata Number 14 otherwise known as Moonlight Sonata. The teacher is impressed and years later seeks out the relatives of the pilots as the piano is old and about to be discarded.

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Summer of the Moonlight Sonata

1993

Seijirô Kôyama