Hot Summer
Summer has arrived in the Japanese countryside.Hiroo, a mischievous 10-year-old boy, is playing with his mother when an army jeep pulls up in a cloud of dust.An officer and his sidekick emerge.They are there to enlist the child and turn him into a soldier in the service of the Emperor.
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Summer has arrived in the Japanese countryside. Hiroo, a mischievous 10-year-old boy, is playing with his mother when an army jeep pulls up in a cloud of dust. An officer and his sidekick emerge. They are there to enlist the child and turn him into a soldier in the service of the Emperor. Against all odds, Hiroo refuses and runs away. The two soldiers give chase, but Hiroo's mother intervenes, risking her life.
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- Release date
- Apr 6, 2022
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- Language
- French
- Country
- Belgium
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