Drama ·Crime · Japan · 2025 · 1h 54m

A Bad Summer

悪い夏

A Bad Summer poster
Director
Hideo Jojo
Cast
Takumi Kitamura as Mamoru Sasaki Yuumi Kawai as Aimi Hayashino Marika Ito as Yuko Miyata Katsuya Maiguma as Yoji Takano Yumena Yanai as Rika Pistol Takehara as Yoshio Yamada
Crew
Masaki Watanabe — Director of Photography Kenichi Hirai — Editor Koji Endo — Original Music Composer Kosuke Mukai — Screenplay Somei Tamehito — Novel Kazumi Fukase — Producer
Synopsis

Sasaki is a sincere civil servant, working at city hall. Due to his timid personality, he can't properly deal with nasty people, including a single mother on the verge of giving up her own child, another civil servant pressing him to have a physical relationship, and a person who receives welfare benefits unfairly. His passivity leads him to get caught up in a terrible crime.

Trailer A Bad Summer — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
japanbased on novel or bookcriminal underworlddownward spiralcivil servantpublic servantsuspenseunderworldmysterynoir
Key Collaborators
Hideo Jojo Director Masaki Watanabe Director of Photography Kenichi Hirai Editor Koji Endo Original Music Composer Kosuke Mukai Screenplay Somei Tamehito Novel Kazumi Fukase Producer Tomonori Akiyama Producer Sara Kondo Producer Takashi Matsuzuka Production Design
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