Kappa no ku to natsu yasumi (2007)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.6/10   

Réalisateur:

Keiichi Hara

Writers:

Keiichi Hara (screenplay)
Masao Kogure (story)
(suite)

Release Date:

28 juillet 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation

Plot Keywords:

Fossil | Bullying | Samurai | Kappa | On The Run

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Okay film about a boy who awakens a river spirit is at times in need of some editing as sequences go on much too long

Ensemble

Futo Tomizawa
Naoki Tanaka
Naomi Nishida
Kenichi Nagira
Takahiro Yokoyama

Réalisé par
Keiichi Hara

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Keiichi Hara		screenplay
Masao Kogure		story
Yuichi Watanabe		story

Produit par
Yoshihiro Iwasaki	....	producer

Editorial Department
Vincent Amor	....	color timer

Production Companies

• Dentsu
• Mitsui Bussan
• Shochiku Company
• Sky Perfect Well Think
• Sony Music Entertainment
• Summer Days With Coo Committee
• TV Asahi

Distributors

• Shochiku Company (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Summer Days with Coo (International: English title) (festival title)
Un été avec Coo (France) [fr]

Durée:

Australia:138 min

Pays:

Japan

Langue:

Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Classification:

Australia:MA | South Korea:Tous | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG

Company:

Dentsu

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: One of the early scenes shows a rainy day. There are slippery roads, people with umbrellas, cars skidding ....but no raindrops.

Okay film about a boy who awakens a river spirit is at times in need of some editing as sequences go on much too long

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

A young boy finds a strange rock near a river. After he takes it home and washes it off he finds the water has awakened a small Gappa, or river spirit,named Coo, who moves in with the family. After a couple of adventures they realize that Coo can't stay with the family, and after trip to find a place for him to stay, the media finds out and a circus ensues.

Five year labor of love for the director is an uneven and much too long story of friendship, family, media and a few other things (the film runs almost two and a half hours). Often lovingly animated this film the film has a couple of beautiful sequences, (the dragon, coo and the dog and Coo and his friend swimming), but at other times its in love with itself with sequences that go on and on and on, usually anything involving the running or driving or chasing. It all becomes just too much, even when it's working. By the half way point I was ready to call it a night with the result the second part shift between the boy and his friend to the media made me feel as if I was watching the sequel to the first.

To be honest its not bad but the film really should have been better. If only I didn't end the film mostly a desire to trim it down.

A word of warning for parents, there is a rather violent and bloody sequence at the start (with severed limbs). Its an intense sequence that sets events in motion.