Overview
The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
Details
- Director
- Akira Kurosawa
- Writer
- Akira Kurosawa
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Budget
- N/A
Cast
Ch?ichir? Kawarasaki
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Hisashi Igawa
Mieko Suzuki
Mitsunori Isaki
Narumi Kayashima
Richard Gere
Sachiko Murase
Tomoko Otakara
Toshie Negishi
Keywords
atomic bomb
grandmother
grandmother granddaughter relationship
grandmother grandson relationship
hydrogen bomb
japanese american
long lost relative
mourning ritual
nagasaki
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