Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
Verdict: Hit
> Goro Miyazaki (Director)
> Koji Kasamatsu (Sound Director)
> Shunsuke Hirota (Animation Director)
> Takeshi Inamura (Animation Director)
> Yoshikazu Fukutome (Assistant Art Director)
> Kitaro Kosaka (Animation Director)
> Atsushi Yamagata (Animation Director)
> Satoko Nakamura (Assistant Art Director)
> Akihiko Yamashita (Animation Director)
> Atsushi Okui (Director of Photography)
> Emi Gunji (Assistant Director)
> Shintarou Nakazawa (Second Assistant Director)
> Ryosuke Kiyokawa (Second Assistant Director)
> Keiko Niwa (Screenplay)
> Hayao Miyazaki (Screenplay)
> Tetsurō Sayama (Original Story)
> Chizuru Takahashi (Original Story)