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A Boy Named Hiroshima

19870.0 / 1045 min
Drama

Overview

Thirty-eight years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a boy is born with only a single day to live. Named "Hiroshima," he sets out into the city in search of his mother and encounters a young girl... An independently produced short film created from the desire to let the boys who perished in the atomic bombing see their mothers one last time. By placing the boy in the past and the girl in the present, the film expresses this heartfelt wish.

Cast

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Sayuri Yoshinaga

Narration

Tomie Fukuoka

Tomie Fukuoka

Tomoko Mihara

Tomoko Mihara

Yōko Mihara

Yōko Mihara

Manabu Nishimura

Manabu Nishimura

Juni Ri

Juni Ri

Ayako Tsuda

Ayako Tsuda

Kiyo Ueda

Kiyo Ueda

Crew

Yoshiya Sugata

Yoshiya Sugata

Director

Toru Takemitsu

Toru Takemitsu

Music

Yoshiyuki Sugata

Yoshiyuki Sugata

Cinematography

Makoto Wada

Makoto Wada

Art Direction