Summer Time Machine Blues

"Back to yesterday!"

2005 1h 47m JA

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 55

ComedyScience Fiction

Synopsis

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The members of a sci-fi club accidentally spill Coke on the remote controller of an air-conditioner during summer and suddenly a time machine appears in their sweating bath-like clubroom.

“Back to yesterday!”

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Cast

Eita Nagayama
Takuma Komoto
Juri Ueno
Haruka Shibata
Yoshiaki Yoza
Masaru Niimi
Daijiro Kawaoka
Shunsuke Koizumi
Munenori Nagano
Atsushi Soga
Tsuyoshi Muro
Daigo Ishimatsu
Chikara Honda
Akira Tamura
Yoko Maki
Yui Ito

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Katsuyuki Motohiro
Writers: Makoto Ueda
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro, shot by Kazunari Kawagoe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Takuya Taguchi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Eita Nagayama and Juri Ueno and Yoshiaki Yoza carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Back to yesterday!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0498567 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Katsuyuki Motohiro directs. Kazunari Kawagoe behind the camera. Takuya Taguchi cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 21 years ago.
2Directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro, shot by Kazunari Kawagoe. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Takuya Taguchi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Eita Nagayama and Juri Ueno and Yoshiaki Yoza carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "Back to yesterday!".
6IMDB entry: tt0498567 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 55 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.