Summer Wars (movie)
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Alternative title:
Guerra cibernética (Spanish)
Guerras Cibernetica (Spanish)

Guerras de Verano (Spanish)

Guerras de Verão (Portuguese)
Летние войны (Russian)
サマーウォーズ (Japanese)
夏日大作戰 (Chinese (Taiwan))
썸머 워즈 (Korean)
Genres: thriller
Themes: virtual reality
Objectionable content: Mild
Plot Summary: When timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by older student and secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family’s Nagano home for a summer job, he agrees without hesitation. Natsuki’s family, the Jinnouchi clan, dates back to the Muromachi era, and they’ve all come together to celebrate the 90th birthday of the spunky matriarch of the family, Sakae. That’s when Kenji discovers his “summer job” is to pretend to be Natsuki’s fiancé and dance with her at the birthday celebration. As Kenji attempts to keep up with Natsuki’s act around her family, he receives a strange math problem on his cell phone which, being a math genius, he can’t resist solving. As it turns out, the solution to the mysterious equation causes a hijacking of the social networking site through which most of the world's social and business traffic flows.
Ratings: 3480 ratings have been given [details]
Running time: 114 minutes
Vintage: 2009-07-29
Premiere date:
2009-08-01 (Japan)
2009-08-12 (Switzerland [Festival del film Locarno])
2010-02-16 ( [Berlin International Film Festival])
2010-02-25 (Singapore)
2010-05-22 (Netherlands [Animecon])
2010-06-04 (Taiwan)
2010-06-09 ()
2010-06-14 (Australia, Sydney Film Festival)
2010-07-25 (Canada, Fantasia Film Festival)
2010-09-09 (New Zealand)
2010-10-31 (Spain, Auditori Barradas)
2011-02-25 (Finland)
2012-11-01 (Russia)
2018-04-09 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
Release dates: We have 5
Ending Theme:
"Bokura no Natsu no Yume" (Our Summer Dream) by Tatsuro Yamashita
Insert song:
"Ueda Wasshoi" by Masaru Satou
Official website:
映画「サマーウォーズ」公式サイト (Japanese)
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 13
Reviews:
Summer Wars [Hosoda Collection] BD+DVD (Dec 7, 2016)
Summer Wars Blu-Ray (May 18, 2011)
Summer Wars BLURAY (Apr 7, 2011)
Summer Wars (Nov 27, 2009)
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Blu-ray |
Summer Wars - [4K] [Amazon Exclusive SteelBook] (Blu-ray) 2025-04-01 (from $29.99) |
Blu-ray (Region A) |
Mamoru Hosoda Movie Collection (Blu-ray) 2018-10-16 |
Summer Wars (Blu-ray) 2011-02-15 (from $206.48) |
Summer Wars (Blu-ray) 2025-04-01 (from $17.89) |
Blu-ray (Region B) |
Summer Wars (Blu-ray) 2011-03-16 |
Blu-ray + DVD combo |
Summer Wars (BD+DVD) 2013-04-16 (from $29.21) |
Summer Wars [Hosoda Collection] (BD+DVD) 2016-11-22 (from $45.38) |
DVD (Region 1) |
Summer Wars (DVD) 2011-02-15 (from $9.99) |
Fanbook |
Summer Wars - Material Book (Fanbook) 2013-05-07 (from $29.99) |
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Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Screenplay: Satoko Okudera
Music: Akihiko Matsumoto
Original story: Mamoru Hosoda
Art Director: Yōji Takeshige
Art: Yōji Takeshige
Art design: Anri Kamijō (OZ)
Cgi Director: Ryo Horibe
Director of Photography: Yukihiro Masumoto
Executive producer: Seiji Okuda
Action Animation Director: Tatsuzō Nishida
Additional Production Design: Harumi Ikeya
Additional Score: Randy Miller
Assistant Director: Tomohiko Ito
Assistant Publicity Producer: Yasushi Kanno
Associate producer: Masato Katada
CG Line Producer: Nobuhiro Suzuki
CG Producer: Yuusaku Toyoshima
CG Production Manager: Izumi Shibutani
Color design: Chikako Kamata
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Editing Assistant: Hitomi Sudō
Finish Animation Manager: Atsuo Ishino
Foley Mixer: Yūichi Morita
Harmony: Noriko Takaya
HD Color Correction: Mitsuhiro Shoji
HD Editing: Masayasu Arimatsu
HD Editing Assistant: Takahiro Fujimoto
Insert Song Composition: Masaru Satō (Composer; 佐藤勝)
Insert Song Lyrics: Akira Itō
Lab Coordinator: Yuriko Satō
Layout Setting: Takaaki Yamashita
Line Coordinator: Masayuki Narai
Merchandise Development: Takuzo Suganuma
Music Editing: Masayuki Onoe
Optical Recording: Futoshi Ueda
Orchestra Conductor: Koji Haishima
Orchestrations: Kae M. Black
Overseas Promotion: Asuka Kimura (木村飛鳥)
Planning: Masao Maruyama
Recording: Yoshio Obara
Sound Effects: Yasuyuki Konno
Sound Effects Assistant: Rei Ueno
Sound Mix Engineer: Yoichiro Kanno
Theme Song Arrangement: Tatsuro Yamashita
Theme Song Composition: Tatsuro Yamashita
Theme Song Lyrics: Tatsuro Yamashita
Theme Song Performance: Tatsuro Yamashita
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Ryūnosuke Kamiki as Ayumu Saitô as
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Sumiko Fuji as Chigusa Takaku as
Eiko Kanazawa as
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Hinano Minagawa as
Ichirō Nagai as
Kaori Yamagata as
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Mieko Nobusawa as
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Naoto Adachi as
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3D Graphics: Digital Frontier
Animation Production: Madhouse
Avid Editing Studio: REAL-T
Cable Broadcasting: J:COM
Casting Coordination: Unique Brains
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Dolby Film Consulting: Continental Far East Inc.
Dubbing Studio: Tokyo TV Center
Film Negative Stock: Japan Kodak
In-between Check: Oh! Production
Merchandise Development: Kadokawa Production
Music Coordination: Face Music Publishing
Music Production: Sound City
Musical Performance: Hiroyuki Koike Strings
Picturegraphy: AX-ON
Post Production: Q-Tec
Prints: Imagica
Publicity Art: metamo
Publicity Copy: Robot
Sound Effects: Swara Pro
Sound Mixing Studio: West Side Studio
Sound Production: Dax Production
Soundtrack: VAP
special effects: Team Taniguchi
Titles: metamo
Trailer Work: Gal Enterprise
Video Editing: Q-Tec
Web Manager: Forecast Communications
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ADR Director: Mike McFarland
Script: Patrick Seitz
Translation: Clyde Mandelin
Executive producer: Gen Fukunaga
ADR Engineer: Kenneth Thompson
Assistant producer: Michael Harcourt
DVD Editing: Jeremy Jimenez
DVD Menu Audio: Jim Welch
Head Writer: John Burgmeier
Lead Video Engineer: Sarah Mueller
Line Producer: Mike McFarland
Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison
Packaging Design: Antimere Robinson
Production Supervision: Susie Nixon
Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams
Video Loop Editor: Enrique Echavarria (Hosoda Collection)
Video Post-Production Director: Brandon Tyler
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Caitlin Glass as
Cherami Leigh as
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Mike McFarland as
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Choi Seunghun as
Jeong Hyeok as Jeong-Hwa Yang as
Mun-Ja Choi as
Wan-Gyeong Seong as An Gyeongjin as
Bo-Yeong Kim as
Chae-Eon Han as
Choi Jihun as
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Gi-Hyeung Kim as
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Jang Seunggil as
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Charlyne Pestel as
Yoann Sover as Fabrice Josso as
Françoise Pavy as Arthur Pestel as
Cécile Marmorat as
Charlotte Daniel as
Chloé Stefani as
Diane Pierens as
Fabrice Fara as
Frederic Norbert as
Jean-François Aupied as
Jean-François Vlerick as
Marie Gamory as
Mathieu Buscatto as
Olivier Podesta as
Pauline de Meurville as
Sam Salhi as
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ADR Script: Karla Vega (Mexican dub)
Mix Engineer: Marco Morante (Mexican dub)
Production manager: Eduardo González (Mexican dub)
Recording engineer: Alan Torrecillas (Mexican dub)
Screen Inserts: Alberto Jiménez (Mexican dub)
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Gloria Cano as
Jocelyn Robles as
Jordi Naro as Albert Roig as
Anabel Mendez as
Carmen Ambrós as
Manuel Pérez as
Maria Rosa Guillén as
Wendy Malvárez as Alberto Vilar as
Angel del Río as
Carlos Mireles as
Carlos Segundo as
Carlos Sianes as
Diana Perez as
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Elvira García as
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Esperanza Gracia as
Francisco Alborch as
Hugo Navarrete as
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Jennifer Medel as
Juan Miguel Díez as
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Karla Vega as
Marc Winslow as
Marcel Navarro as
Maria Rosa Guillén as
Marina Ibáñez as
Ramón Rocabayera as
Rolando De la Fuente as
Sergio Mesa as
Susana Damas as
Tasio Alonso as
Vicente Gil as
Vivian Magos as
Esperanza Gracia
Francisco Alborch
J. Ignacio Latorre
Mamen Rivera
Ramón Rocabayera
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ADR Studio: WG (Mexican dub)
Dubbing Studio: Audioprojects (Spain dub)
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Dubbing Director: Claudio Beccari
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Emanuela Pacotto as
Federico Zanandrea as Rossana Bassani as
Ruggero Andreozzi as
Stefano Pozzi as Cinzia Massironi as
Daniela Fava as
Donatella Fanfani as
Giuliana Atepi as
Graziella Porta as
Luca Bottale as
Marco Pagani as
Massimo Di Benedetto as
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Dialogue Writer: Christian Schneider
Disposition: Martina Eckert
Mixing And Postproduction Engineer: Willi Grossmann
Recording engineer: Michael Grolms
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Dennis Saemann as
Michaela Klarwein as
Milena Karas as Fritz Rott as
Gabi Wienand as
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Hans-Gerd Kilbinger as
Katrin von Chamier as
Kerstin Fischer as
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Rolf Berg as
Sabrina Heuer as
Stefan Margenfeld as
Susanne Dobrusskin as
Tobias Diakow as
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ADR Director: Alexander Filchenko
Translation: Natalia Rumak
ADR Engineer: Alexander Filchenko
Dialogue Editing: Lidiya Kulikova
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Ulyana Romanova as
Vladimir Dubok as Alexander Filchenko as
Anna Grebenshchikova as
Irina Kuleshova as Aleksander Shchukin as
Alexander Shakhnazarov as
Anastasia Agureeva as
Anna Balitskaya as
Anna Kikas as
Anton Moiseev as
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Olga Demidova as
Roman Ivanov as
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Distributor, Dubbing: Reanimedia
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Subtitling: Matheus Maggi
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Licensed by: Mighty Media Co., Ltd.
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