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Kazato Tomizawa | ... | Kû (voice) |
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Takahiro Yokokawa | ... | Kôichi Uehara (voice) |
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Naoki Tanaka | ... | Yasuo Uehara (voice) (as Tanaka Naoki [Kokoriko]) |
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Naomi Nishida | ... | Yukari Uehara (voice) |
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Tamaki Matsumoto | ... | Hitomi Uehara (voice) |
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Natsuki Uematsu | ... | Sayoko Kikuchi (voice) |
Michio Hazama | ... | Samurai / Shimizu (voice) | |
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Yuzuru Fujimoto | ... | Nanushi (voice) |
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Kôsei Tomita | ... | Toshio (voice) |
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Miyuki Ichijô | ... | Shokudô no oba-san (voice) |
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Yasuo Iwata | ... | Yado no shujin (voice) |
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Minoru Inaba | ... | Yado no kyaku (voice) |
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Sayuri Sadaoka | ... | Yado no kyaku (voice) |
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Hiromi Nishikawa | ... | Densha-nai no oba-san (voice) |
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Ayumi Sena | ... | Shin Hanamaki eki anaunsu (voice) |
Kôichi Uehara is a fourth grade student living in Higashikurume City, a suburb of Tokyo. One day he picks up what he thinks to be a fossil of an ancient creature but turns out to be a baby kappa (a mythical Japanese water creature) that was sleeping underground for the past 300 years, and he names it "Coo". Kôichi and Coo become good friends and the kappa starts living with the human boy's family. However, Coo cannot not fully adjust to life in present-day Higashikurume and starts to miss his own family. On a hot summer day, Kôichi and Coo decide to go on an adventurous road trip to find his own kind.
"Summer Days with Coo" is full of realism and one of the finest animated works which won the animation of the year.You will see in this beautiful movie how human beings who live in concrete jungle forgot sincerity to others. Coo may look like an alien to you but he and his summer days with one kind human family will remind you of your lost memories and bittersweet nostalgia. "Summer Days with Coo" even includes several social problems such as overreaction of mass media, bullying and invisible violence in our society.
Overall, "Summer Days with Coo" is very good movie , not a kind of only critically acclaimed movie.I recommend this to all the people who want serious and sincere movie works but this could be excellent for education.