A Bad Summer (2025) [N/A]

Featuring:
Marika Itô, Shinsuke Kato, Yumi Kawai

Written by:
Kôsuke Mukai
Tamehito Somei

Directed by:
Hideo Jôjô


Release Date:
March 20, 2025

Original Title:
悪い夏

Alternate Titles:
Warui Natsu

Genres:
Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
C&I entertainment
KADOKAWA
THE KLOCKWORX

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 114

Sasaki is a sincere civil servant, working at city hall. Due to his timid personality, he can't properly deal with nasty people, including a single mother on the verge of giving up her own child, another civil servant pressing him to have a physical relationship, and a person who receives welfare benefits unfairly. His passivity leads him to get caught up in a terrible crime.

Mamoru Sasaki, a welfare caseworker, discovers that his colleague is taking advantage of his position to have physical relationship with a female welfare recipient. To verify the truth, he visits the woman's home and unexpectedly ...

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Color Grading:
Inagawa Miki

Decorator:
Takashi Matsuzuka

Director:
Hideo Jojo

Director of Photography:
Masaki Watanabe

Editor:
Kenichi Hirai

Executive Producer:
Makoto Fujimoto

Gaffer:
Akihiro Shimura

Novel:
Somei Tamehito

Original Music Composer:
Koji Endo

Producer:
Kazumi Fukase
Tomonori Akiyama
Sara Kondo

Production Design:
Takashi Matsuzuka

Production Manager:
Akira Sagara

Screenplay:
Kosuke Mukai

Sound Recordist:
Daisuke Akimoto

VFX Supervisor:
Tsuyoshi Kazuno

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