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Always protect your network.

Summer Wars (2009)

August 1, 20091h 54mJA
7.5

1.0K votes

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Overview

Teenage math whiz Kenji Koiso agrees to take a summer job at the Nagano hometown of his crush, Natsuki. When he arrives, he finds that her family have reunited to celebrate the 90th birthday of their matriarch. His job: pretend to be Natsuki's fiancé. Meanwhile, his attempt to solve a mathematical equation causes a parallel world's collision with Earth.

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Released

Original Language

Japanese

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Revenue

$18.4M

Production Companies

MadhouseNippon Television Network CorporationKADOKAWA ShotenD.N. Dream PartnersWarner Bros. JapanYomiuri Telecasting Corporation

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7.0

It’s really quite apposite to watch this film at a time when governments across the world are merrily acquiescing to the demands of global tech to facilitate the rampant advance of AI. This story quite cleverly illustrates just how easily a collection of “Will Hunting” types can be used to crack even the most complex (2,000 digit) numeric code and allow nefarious access to a global network which manages just about everything we do - from using our phones to firing a nuclear missile. It’s bright spark - but maybe just a touch inept - “Kenji” who has accepted a task that is definitely not what h…

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