Drama · Japan · 2015 · 2h 10m

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

母と暮せば

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son poster
Director
Yoji Yamada
Cast
Sayuri Yoshinaga as Nobuko Fukuhara Kazunari Ninomiya as Koji Fukuhara Haru Kuroki as Machiko Sata Tadanobu Asano as Isao Hashizume as Yuriko Hirooka as
Crew
Masashi Chikamori — Director of Photography Iwao Ishii — Editor Ryuichi Sakamoto — Original Music Composer Yoji Yamada — Screenplay Emiko Hiramatsu — Screenplay Nozomu Enoki — Producer
Synopsis

Nobuko works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son appears in front of her again. Since that time, Koji appears in front of her and they reminiscence about pleasant times. These happy, but bizarre moments seem eternal.

Mood & Themes
atomic bombworld war iitalking to the deadgrieving parents1940snagasaki
Key Collaborators
Yoji Yamada Director Masashi Chikamori Director of Photography Iwao Ishii Editor Ryuichi Sakamoto Original Music Composer Yoji Yamada Screenplay Emiko Hiramatsu Screenplay Nozomu Enoki Producer Mitsuo Degawa Production Design
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