The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes (2022)
A mysterious tunnel can grant your fondest wish... but at a price.
AnimationDramaFantasyRomanceScience Fiction
Director: Tomohisa Taguchi · Writer: Tomohisa Taguchi
Urashima Tunnel – Once you enter that tunnel, you can get whatever you want, but at a price. Kaoru Tohno, who seems to have an elusive personality and traumatic past, and Anzu Hanashiro, who is struggling to reconcile her ideal image and true-to-heart attitude, team up to investigate the Urashima Tunnel and get what they want. This is an unforgettable summer story of nostalgia and sprinting in a remote countryside.
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Director
Tomohisa Taguchi
Cast
Ouji Suzuka
Kaoru Tono (voice) 
Marie Iitoyo
Anzu Hanashiro (voice) 
Tasuku Hatanaka
Shohei Kaga (voice) 
Arisa Komiya
Koharu Kawasaki (voice) 
Haruka Terui
Ms. Hamamoto (voice) 
Rikiya Koyama
Kaoru's Father (voice) 
Seiran Kobayashi
Karen Tono (voice) 
Chiko Mizumori
(voice) 
Hiroto Kazuki
(voice) 
Taiki Kurokawa
(voice) 
Kaori Maeda
(voice) 
Kazuki Miyagi
(voice) User Reviews (1)
This reminded me quite a lot of "Suzume" from earlier this year, only here we have a tunnel rather than a door! It's the same boy meets girl type scenario - with both Kaoro and Anzu coming from families with tragedy in their recent history. Legend has it that the Urashima tunnel can grant you anything you wish - but it works out that for 108 seconds in there it takes 3 days off your life in the real world. Kaoro is determined to get his younger (and frankly rather annoyingly enthusiastic) sister back; Anzu to discover the secrets of her grandfather's manga writing so she can excel. The two meet at a railway station, attend the same school and gradually bond - discovering and exploring this mysterious tunnel and ultimately questioning just what they really want from life. The narrative does mingle a careful what you wish for aspect with a grass is always greener one - and the story is qui…
