1945 年的日本长崎随时有空袭。护士矢惠和工人中川庄治准备结婚，因空袭频繁无法进行结婚典礼，决定拍张结婚照以作纪念。同去拍照的有怀孕的姐姐鹤子和姐姐的同事亚矢。亚矢也怀孕三个月了，情人高谷藤雄被派往中国后，杳无音讯。刚拍完照片，鹤子突然感到阵痛，赶紧请来产婆接生。母亲兹依赶忙煮豆子让她吃。矢惠的妹妹去找在长崎医大学习的男朋友英雄，正碰上英雄收到征召集合令。英雄不愿应征．劝矢惠的妹妹同他一起私奔，被拒绝。在俘虏收容所，一个英国士兵因得不到治疗死了。英雄觉悟到这是对俘虏见死不救的军队。于是这一夜坐立不安，去玩了妓女。庄治和矢惠迎来了新婚第一夜。鹤子也生下一个可爱的男孩。每个人都向往着明天，努力地活下去。8月9日原子弹在长崎上空爆炸。

In Kagoshima, in the final days of World War II, an offer of marriage comes to Etsuko Kamiya, who lives with her brother and his wife. The offer comes from Nagayo, but Etsuko is attracted to his friend, Akashi.

通勤客で混み合う車内、名うてのハコ師と謳われたスリの海藤（原田芳雄）は、痴漢の懐に目を注いでいた。痴漢されている女は海藤の同居人のレイ（真野きりな）。海藤はレイを囮にして、カモを狙っていた。その時「やれよ、見逃してやるから」初老の刑事の矢尾板（石橋蓮司）が蔑みの声でささやいた。震える指先を新聞で覆い隠す海藤に「稼がなきゃ困るんだろう」刑事の言葉が鋭く突き刺さる。いつの頃からだろう、スリの名人海藤を猟犬のように、執念深く追い掛け続けてきた刑事の矢尾板･･･しかし、かつての宿敵海藤はアル中のスリに成り果てていた･･･。

Japanese fishery instructor Akira is attracted to beautiful Cuban young girl Martia. Though initially rejected, Akira still returns with Martia to her homeland. On the way he sees a post-revolution Cuba, cultivating fields, relics from the revolution, armies in training, and Castro in a political rally.

Commencing well-respected Nippon director Kazuo Kuroki's sixth decade behind the camera, "A Boy's Summer in 1945" (literally "A Beautiful Summer in Kirishima") is a lyric, novelistic drama set in the countryside in the last days before Japan's surrender ending WWII. Striking a welcome retro note in its languid pacing and delicate handling of seriocomic ensemble threads, handsome production is a natural for fests. It might also prove a cornerstone for retrospectives or ancillary releases of works by a helmer ("Preparation of the Festival," "Ronin-gai") who's long been appreciated at home but has won just limited attention abroad.

岩波映画社にいて、土本典昭とともに俊英と呼ばれた黒木和雄、初の劇映画作品。脚本もないまま撮影に入り、現場は即興演出の連続で、脚本の完成と並行して撮影したというエピソードを残す。鈴木達夫の手持ちカメラが素晴らしく、加賀まりこの美しさも手伝って実にみずみずしい作品となっている。

Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama). He had somehow learned that she has fallen in love, and tries to convince her to start her new life. But Mitsué obstinately refuses his warm and humorous encouragements : « People were killed in my place. I do not have the right to find happiness », she says.