Sabakan

One day, young Hisada decides gingerly to join Takemoto on an adventure to Boomerang Island, where they hope to witness a pod of dolphins reported to be in the area. This mini-adventure deepens their friendship and gives them a summer holiday to remember. However, a heart-breaking event not long after their return, however, puts their ongoing friendship in peril…

Reminiscent of Rob Reiner’s Stand by Me, Sabakan marks Kanazawa Tomoki’s directorial debut. Set amongst the beautiful, peaceful landscapes of Nagasaki, Kanazawa hometown, this heart-warming tale is teeming with nostalgia for the excitement of childhood and filled with heaps of authentic 1980s Japanese culture, offering something for the inner child in all of us!