The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

This compact supernatural romance follows two teenagers investigating a rural tunnel rumored to grant whatever a visitor wants, while refusing to explain the promised price up front.

Synopsis
The Anime Lad

Kaoru hears a local rumor about the Urashima Tunnel, which supposedly grants a person's deepest wish at a price. Anzu, a guarded new classmate with wishes of her own, joins the investigation. Their summer research involves a dark passage, incomplete terms, and two teenagers who have not hired legal counsel.

Super Eyepatch Fox

A rural legend claims the Urashima Tunnel can grant any wish while demanding an unknown price. Kaoru and new student Anzu investigate together, each carrying a private reason to care whether the story is true. Their cautious partnership gives a wistful summer romance a supernatural bargain that remains dangerous precisely because its terms are unclear.

Gigguku

The tunnel offers exactly what you want and keeps the price hidden, which is an incredible source of dread! Kaoru and Anzu approach it with curiosity shaped by private hopes neither can dismiss. Their awkward planning feels grounded enough that each step toward the entrance carries real weight. The bright countryside only makes that darkness more tempting.

Father's Basement

The film is short enough that some emotional transitions feel drafted in pencil. Its central offer remains elegantly cruel. A tunnel promises personal fulfillment without explaining what it will take, giving Kaoru and Anzu a reason to investigate and a reason to hesitate. The restrained rural setting keeps their cautious partnership intimate while the unanswered bargain supplies the pressure.

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.

What defines it

A bittersweet supernatural romance film. Wistful and beautiful.

Recommendation shape

MoodDark
BrightBleak
PaceNot enough evidence
StoryNot enough evidence
ActionNot enough evidence
Moral framingNot enough evidence
Cast focusNot enough evidence