Exhibitions
Events
On display
Summer Wars サマーウォーズ
Film
Past event
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
Free
The Japan Foundation presents this screening for young poeple and cool families as part of a series of fascinating films in 2020.
This animated sci-fi feature film is set in a time where the real world and a virtual community named OZ co-exist.
High school maths whiz Kenji is invited on a trip to Ueda, Nagano Prefecture, by senior schoolmate Natsuki, whom he has a secret crush on. While spending time with the Jinnouchi family, Kenji receives an email with a suspicious numeric code. The following day, a mysterious avatar appears in OZ, destroying its maintenance system and causing chaos throughout the real world. Under the leadership of family matriarch Granny Sakae, Kenji and the Jinnouchi clan do battle with the enemy.
Director: Mamoru Hosoda, 2009, 114 minutes, PG: violence. Voice Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji.
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