History ·Drama · Japan · 2021 · 1h 20m

Gift of Fire

太陽の子

Director

Cast

Yuya Yagira as Ishimura Osamu Kasumi Arimura as Asakura Setsu Haruma Miura as Ishimura Hiroyuki Masaki Miura as Shohei Uno as Hiroyuki Onoue as

Crew

Hiroyuki Ohba — Editor Nico Muhly — Original Music Composer Hiroshi Kurosaki — Screenplay Takahiro Hamano — Producer Ko Mori — Producer Tsuchiya Katsuhiro — Producer

Synopsis

Towards the end of WWII, the Navy gave the Kyoto University's physics lab the secret of a bomb that makes use of nuclear fission energy. While doing research to save Japan, the researchers there wonder if they should promote the development of weapons as scientists. Research enthusiast Ishimura Osamu tries to experiment purely but is at the mercy of the time period. His brother, Hiroyuki, also has to face the truth of the war. Asakura Setsu wants only to talk about the future. A story based on historical facts about youth during the tragedy of war.

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