Summer Wars (2009)

Name: Summer Wars
Genre: Animation, Science Fiction
Released: 2009
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hitomi Miyauchi, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji, Ayumu Saito

1h 54m Japan

Animation Science Fiction

Plot

Teenage math prodigy Kenji Koiso jumps at the chance to work during the summer in Nagano, where his crush Natsuki lives. Upon arrival, he discovers her family has gathered to honor their grandmother's 90th birthday, and he's roped into pretending to be Natsuki's fiancé. As he navigates family dynamics and festivities, Kenji inadvertently triggers a catastrophic event by solving a complex equation, leading to a dangerous overlap between their world and a digital realm. Balancing love, family, and a digital crisis becomes an unexpected challenge for the young mathematician.

Cast

Ryunosuke Kamiki Hitomi Miyauchi Mitsuki Tanimura Sumiko Fuji Ayumu Saito Takahiro Yokokawa Kiyomi Tanigawa Mutsumi Sasaki Mieko Nobusawa Takuya Kirimoto Sakiko Tamagawa Ichiro Nagai Takashi Kobayashi Yutaka Shimizu Kaori Yamagata