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Summer Wars

7.5/10

Rating

114 min

Runtime

2009

Release Year

Mamoru Hosoda

Director

Cast

Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hitomi Miyauchi, Mitsuki Tanimura, Sumiko Fuji, Ayumu Saito

Quick Synopsis

Kenji Koiso, a teenage math prodigy, takes a summer job in Nagano, the hometown of Natsuki, the girl he likes. Upon arriving, he discovers that Natsuki's extended family has gathered to celebrate the 90th birthday of their grandmother. Kenji's role during the celebration is to pose as Natsuki's fiancé. At the same time, while working on a complex mathematical problem, Kenji inadvertently triggers a crisis that causes a virtual world to collide with the real world, leading to unexpected consequences.

Detailed Synopsis of Summer Wars

Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.

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