
Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.

as Toshihiko Sakakiyama

as Ukai

as Kira

as Aso

as Mina Ema

as Akine

as Chitose

as Keiko Ema

as Professor Yamauchi

as Dr. Ichijo

as Old Maid

as Toshihiko's Father

as Toshihiko's Mother

as Ryo Ema

as Woman at the Brothel

as Old Prostitute

as Military Police Man

as Professor Yamauchi's Mother

as Onnagata Actor

as Caligrapher

as Akine's Father

as Akine's Brother

as Old Man at Festival

as Present Day Toshihiko