Summer Ghost

Have you heard of summer ghosts? The urban legend tells of the ghost of a young woman who appears when fireworks are lit. Tomoya, Aoi, and Ryo are high school students who are unable to find their place in the world. Each has their own reasons for meeting the ghost, and one warm summer night, when life and death intersect, where will their emotions take them? Summer Ghost is the directorial debut of loundraw, who previously illustrated I Want to Eat Your Pancreas and Josee, The Tiger and the Fish.

‘I couldn’t live as dexterously as I expected, but I wasn’t strong enough to enjoy loneliness. The more I try to live up to my expectations, the less I am. A graffiti that I drew to keep myself in the loop. The movie Summer Ghost is a story born from such a single illustration. Living here. I wanted to confirm it again through the work. We’re not as easy as we can tell the truth. It means living, including weaknesses and selfishness that are not beautiful. I thought that such feelings should be properly formed and left. Somewhere in your heart, it will remain, softly. I’ve been working on it, hoping that Summer Ghost will be such a work.’

loundraw, Director