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The Summer I was Four

The Summer I was Four

January 1, 1991

2m

Overview

A cinematic rendition of Shuji Terayama’s poem, The Summer I Turned Four. Coastal images, thresholds, waves, expanses, are folded in to those of a statue of a young boy, who looks impassively onto the wide vista, frozen in time.

Directed by

Kohei Ando

Where to watch

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