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Summer Wars

2009-08-01 · 114 min · ★ 7.5

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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Directors
Mamoru Hosoda
Production companies
Madhouse, Nippon Television Network Corporation, KADOKAWA Shoten, D.N. Dream Partners, Warner Bros. Japan, Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation, VAP, Studio Chizu
Countries
Japan
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 18,434,328

Top Cast

Ryunosuke KamikiRyunosuke KamikiKenji Koiso (voice)
Hitomi MiyauchiHitomi MiyauchiNatsuki Shinohara (voice)
Mitsuki TanimuraMitsuki TanimuraKazuma Ikezawa (voice)
Sumiko FujiSumiko FujiSakae Jinnouchi (voice)
Ayumu SaitoAyumu SaitoWabisuke Jinnouchi (voice)
Takahiro YokokawaTakahiro YokokawaTakashi Sakuma (voice)
Kiyomi TanigawaKiyomi TanigawaYukiko Shinohara (voice)
Mutsumi SasakiMutsumi SasakiKazuo Shinohara (voice)
Mieko NobusawaMieko NobusawaMariko Jinnouchi (voice)
Takuya KirimotoTakuya KirimotoRiichi Jinnouchi (voice)
Sakiko TamagawaSakiko TamagawaRika Jinnouchi (voice)
Ichiro NagaiIchiro NagaiMansuke Jinnouchi (voice)
Takashi KobayashiTakashi KobayashiTasuke Jinnouchi (voice)
Yutaka ShimizuYutaka ShimizuShota Jinnouchi (voice)
Kaori YamagataKaori YamagataNaomi Miwa (voice)
Tagame TamuraTagame TamuraKiyomi Ikezawa (voice)
Tadashi NakamuraTadashi NakamuraMansaku Jinnouchi (voice)
Yoji TanakaYoji TanakaYorihiko Jinnouchi (voice)
Hashiya NakamuraKunihiko Jinnouchi (voice)
Mitsutaka ItakuraMitsutaka ItakuraKatsuhiko Jinnouchi (voice)

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