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Catching The Stars of This Summer

  • Japan | 2025 | Japanese
  • Original Title: Kono Natsu no Hoshi wo Miru
  • Director: Tamaki Yamamoto
  • Screenplay: Morino Mash
  • DoP: Yusuke Suga
  • Editor: Ryuichi Takita And Kaho Kumagai
  • Cast: Hiyori Sakurada, Takashi Okabe
  • Premiere: India Premiere
  • Tags: Sci-fi, Coming of Age


Synopsis :

Based on the eponymous novel by Tsujimura Mizuki. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when club activities were restricted, Japanese students launched an astronomical observation event called the "Star Catch Contest" via remote meetings. What began as a collaboration between students from Ibaraki, Tokyo, and Nagasaki's Goto Islands soon spread nationwide, leading to unexpected miracle.


Directors Bio :

Born January 22, 1993. His short film "After One Night," released in 2019, became a hot topic after 3 million views on YouTube. After that, clips of the BUMP streaming drama "Today, You Are Burning, Floating Again," which he directed and wrote, have been viewed over 400 million times on social media. More recently, he has served as director and screenwriter for "When a Marriage Breaks Down" (NTV), "Midnight Call of a Swamp Man and a Swamp-Falling Woman: The Cause of Sleep Deprivation Is Your Own Problem" (TX), and "Something Like a Painful Love" (TX).


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