Sayonara Natsuyasumi

[Machine Translation] That summer day made him grow up.... This is the Japanese version of "Stand By Me"! --Koda Hiroshi (Ogata Naoto), who is feeling lost in his life, receives a news of his death. It is from Gujo Hachiman, Gifu Prefecture, where he spent his elementary school days. Taking his wife Yuki ( Shinobu Nakayama ) and their children, Hiroshi visits Gujo Hachiman for the first time in 30 years. At that time, due to family reasons, Hiroshi was sent to a temple where his grandfather, Genaki ( Furuya Kazuyuki ), was the head priest. Unable to get used to his white-knuckle classmates playing in the magnificent nature, Hiroshi immerses himself in his hobby of photography. His subject is his homeroom teacher, Mizuho (Miyu Tachibana). He sees in her the image of his mother, and is faintly in love with her. Mizuho has a boyfriend, Tsurugi ( Jun Kaname ), who is a doctor. When Tsurugi learns that Mizuho is suffering from an incurable disease, he recommends that she be admitted to the university hospital. However, Mizuho wants to stay in Gujo as a teacher. On the night of the "Gujo Dancing," Mizuho collapses. Hiroshi recalls those sparkling summer days. The true friendship he gained by standing up to bullies. A faint first love. The courage he showed for the first time. The Yoshida River in Gujo Hachiman is still flowing as it did 30 years ago.

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あの夏の日が、少年を成長させた・・・。これぞ、日本版「スタンド・バイ・ミー」!! ――人生に迷いを感じている幸田裕史(緒形直人)のもと、訃報が届く。それは、小学生時代を過ごした岐阜県郡上八幡からのものだった。妻のゆき(中山忍)と子供たちを連れて、裕史は30年ぶりにその地を訪れる。・・・当時、裕史は家庭の事情からたったひとり、祖父の玄昭(古谷一行)が住職を務める寺院へと預けられた。雄大な自然の中を遊ぶ腕白な同級生に馴染めない裕史は、趣味のカメラに没頭する。その被写体は、担任教師の水帆(立花美優)だった。母の面影を彼女に重ね、ほのかな恋心を寄せる裕史。水帆には医師である恋人、鶴来(要潤)がいた。彼女が不治の病を抱えていることを知る鶴来は、大学病院への入院を勧める。だが、水帆は郡上で教師として過ごすことを望んでいた。そして「郡上踊り」の夜、水帆は倒れる・・・。あの夏のきらめく日々を、裕史は回想する。いじめに立ち向かうことで得た真の友情。淡い初恋。初めて出した勇気。郡上八幡の吉田川は、30年前と変わらぬ流れを湛えている・・・。