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Farewell to the Summer Light

さらば夏の光

1968 · 1h 36m · Drama, Romance · Japan

A spontaneous romance blooms between Kawamura, a professor touring Europe, and Naoko, a married woman living in Paris, scarred by the Nagasaki atomic bombings. The two protagonists travel around Europe trying to find themselves.

Directed by
Yoshishige Yoshida
Written by
Yoshishige Yoshida, Masahiro Yamada, Ryusei Hasegawa
Starring
Mariko Okada, Tadashi Yokouchi, Paul Beauvais, Hélène Soubielle
6.2Smart score

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europeextramarital affairspainteachertouring

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