10 Great Japanese Summer Films

"There's plenty of room for cinematic variety within the remit of the Japanese summertime film – from the sticky humidity of Yasujiro Ozu's The End of Summer (1961) to the impenetrable downpours of Hirokazu Koreeda's After the Storm (2016) and Shinji Somai's Typhoon Club (1985), via the intense heatwave of Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog (1949).So if you're shutting the windows to keep out the rain or throwing on a jumper as we grumble our way towards a British August, here are 10 Japanese sunshine movies to brighten your mood."