cocoon - One Summer of Girlhood
★ 8 · 2026 · 60m · Animation · Drama · War
San and Mayu attend an all-girls school on a warm and tranquil island. When war reaches their shores, they are ordered to help nurse the wounded in a military hospital hidden away in a cave. Amidst escalating death and brutality, the friends struggle to find solace in their fragile lives.
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