Summer Days with Coo

2007 2h 18m JA

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7.8

BANGER

★7.8TMDB · 149

AnimationFantasyComedyRomanceDramaFamily

Synopsis

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A small, lone Kappa miraculously survives over 200 years into modern day Japan, when he is found by young Koichi. Coo, who is secretly adopted by Koichi's family, searches with his new human friend for unpopulated places in hopes of finding any remaining of his kind.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kazato Tomizawa
Coo (voice)
Takahiro Yokokawa
Kouichi Uehara (voice)
Naoki Tanaka
Yasuo Uehara (voice)
Tamaki Matsumoto
Hitomi Uehara (voice)
Ken'ichi Nagira
Coo's Father (voice)
Nanako Hirata
Koichi's Classmate (voice)
Kyousuke Ikeda
Koichi's Classmate (voice)
Kazuki Matsuoka
Koichi's Classmate (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Keiichi Hara
Writers: Keiichi Hara, Masao Kogure, Yuichi Watanabe
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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2 / 4

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kei Wakakusa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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3 / 4

CAST

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Kazato Tomizawa and Takahiro Yokokawa and Naoki Tanaka carry the top of the cast.

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4 / 4

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1179773 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Keiichi Hara directs. Kei Wakakusa scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 19 years ago.
2Original score by Kei Wakakusa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
3Kazato Tomizawa and Takahiro Yokokawa and Naoki Tanaka carry the top of the cast.
4IMDB entry: tt1179773 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Classified under 8 themes, including "river", "swimming", "adult animation", "sumo".
6Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Kei Wakakusa
Runtime: 138 min · 2h 18m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Summer Days with Coo (2007)

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Andres Gomez2013-01-04
★ 6.5/10
Nice animation movie about the friendship of a kid and a mithological being from Japanese culture. Deep, with some insight about the meaning of life and loneliness. Still, it keeps just being a remasterization of another movies like E.T. or "Mac and Me" with quite a lot of stereotypes.

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