Summer Wars

Dir. Mamoru Hosoda, 2009, 114min (Japanese with English subtitles)

Kenji Koiso is a 17-year-old maths genius and part-time OZ moderator who is invited by his crush Natsuki on a summer trip. Shortly after arriving at Natsuki's family's estate, which is preparing for her great-grandmother's 90th birthday, he receives a strange, coded message on his cell phone from an unknown sender who challenges him to solve it. Will Kenji be able to crack the code and save the world from danger?

Other showings from our Pre-Summer Explorers! film season:

Saturday 4th August - Soho Hotel Cinema

NHK WORLD-JAPAN Double Bill (Part 1)- 5:15pm
House- 7:20pm

Sunday 5th August - Courthouse Hotel Cinema

NHK WORLD-JAPAN Double Bill (Part 2)- 4:30pm
Kikujiro - 6:40pm

Saturday 11th August - Soho Hotel Cinema

Only Yesterday- 2:15pm
Napping Princess- 4:40pm
Mitsuko Delivers- 7:00pm