The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

Unrated

10/12/20231h 23m

Premiere Release (US)

~ A mysterious tunnel can grant your fondest wish... but at a price. ~

Overview:

Urashima Tunnel – Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile her ideal image and true-to-heart attitude, team up to investigate the Urashima Tunnel and get what they want. This is an unforgettable summer story of nostalgia and sprinting in a remote countryside.

Director:

Tomohisa Taguchi

Status:

Released

Language:

Japanese

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$872,000.00

Key words:

high school
adolescence
legend
supernatural
time travel
coming of age
tragedy
school
tunnel
seinen
anime
japanese high school
time manipulation
based on light novel

Cast

Ouji Suzuka

~ as ~

Kaoru Tōno (voice)

Marie Iitoyo

~ as ~

Anzu Hanashiro (voice)

Tasuku Hatanaka

~ as ~

Shōhei Kaga (voice)

Arisa Komiya

~ as ~

Koharu Kawasaki (voice)

Haruka Terui

~ as ~

Ms. Hamamoto (voice)

Rikiya Koyama

~ as ~

Kaoru's Father (voice)

Seiran Kobayashi

~ as ~

Karen Tōno (voice)

Chiko Mizumori

~ as ~

(voice)

Hiroto Kazuki

~ as ~

(voice)

Taiki Kurokawa

~ as ~

(voice)

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
This reminded me quite a lot of "Suzume" from earlier this year, only here we have a tunnel rather than a door! It's the same boy meets girl type scenario - with both Kaoro and Anzu coming from families with tragedy in their recent history. Legend has it that the Urashima tunnel can grant you anything you wish - but it works out that for 108 seconds in there it takes 3 days off your life in the real world. Kaoro is determined to get his younger (and frankly rather annoyingly enthusiastic) sister back; Anzu to discover the secrets of her grandfather's manga writing so she can excel. The two meet at a railway station, attend the same school and gradually bond - discovering and exploring this mysterious tunnel and ultimately questioning just what they really want from life. The narrative does mingle a careful what you wish for aspect with a grass is always greener one - and the story is quite effective when it dwells on that scenario. Sadly, though, there is just a little bit too much baggage around the characterisations, a touch too much teenage angst and though the animation is quite watchable, the story is over-stretched. It's a nice to watch film, with a pleasing score, but it's not especially original or memorable, I'm afraid.