
Spring, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Toshihiko attends school in the coastal town of Karatsu, where his aunt cares for his ailing cousin. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's gravitational pull.
A tender, sun-drenched coming-of-age story. It captures the bittersweet ache of young love and friendship against the looming shadow of war, evoking a profound sense of fleeting beauty and shared vulnerability.














