Manatsu no Chikyū (真夏の地球, literally "Earth in Midsummer") is a 1991 Japanese youth drama film directed by Osamu Murakami. It was released in Japan on June 1, 1991.[1]

Manatsu no Chikyū
DVD cover
真夏の地球
Directed byOsamu Murakami
StarringKikuchi Kenichirō [ja]
Eri Fukatsu
Michitaka Tsutsui [ja]
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi [ja]
Kiwako Harada [ja]
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Edited byYoshiyuki Okuhara [ja]
Release date
  • June 1, 1991 (1991-06-01)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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At the 1st Japan Film Professional Awards, it won the award for best film and Osamu Murakami won the award for best director. At the 15th Japan Academy Prize, Yoshiyuki Okuhara [ja] was nominated for Best Film Editing.[2]

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  1. ^ "真夏の地球(1991)". allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  2. ^ "第15回 日本アカデミー賞". japan-academy-prize.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 10 June 2015.

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