故事发生在1945年8月，一个可以隔海望见雾岛的村落中。15岁的少年日高康夫告别了身处满洲的父母到祖父母家来修养。祖母虽然慈爱，但祖父重德却非常严厉，再加上病体不适，康夫每天闷闷不乐。村中的驻军每天忙于操练，准备最后的本土决战。面临战败的阴影和对难测未来的不安笼罩在每一个村民心头，但大家依旧各自继续各自的生活。这个夏天，康夫目睹了身边成年人的偷情、相爱、结婚种种。最终日本宣布投降，祖父重德仿佛一下子变老了。而对着入驻美军挥舞竹枪的康夫也在一声威吓的枪响中不知所措……

Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A Boy's Summer in 1945" (literally "A Beautiful Summer in Kirishima") is a lyric, novelistic drama set in the countryside in the last days before Japan's surrender ending WWII. Striking a welcome retro note in its languid pacing and delicate handling of seriocomic ensemble threads, handsome production is a natural for fests. It might also prove a cornerstone for retrospectives or ancillary releases of works by a helmer ("Preparation of the Festival," "Ronin-gai") who's long been appreciated at home but has won just limited attention abroad.