Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama). He had somehow learned that she has fallen in love, and tries to convince her to start her new life. But Mitsué obstinately refuses his warm and humorous encouragements : « People were killed in my place. I do not have the right to find happiness », she says.... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on a play by Hisashi Inoue, it focuses on the sufferings of the survivors of Hiroshima. The film takes place during 4 days in the summer of 1948, as the ghost of her father visits Mitsué (Rié Miyama). He had somehow learned that she has fallen in love, and tries to convince her to start her new life. But Mitsué obstinately refuses his warm and humorous encouragements : « People were killed in my place. I do not have the right to find happiness », she says.
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| User ReviewMel TA rare film that does a lot with very little. The restraint of both the acting and direction enhances the power and pathos of the story being told. Judiciously sparing use of graphics/special effects further enables the film to maintain the feeling of a play while taking advantage of the film medium. Although it touches on some of the political issues surrounding Hiroshima, the film never loses its focus on real human emotions, suffering, and hope. It is both beautifully tragic and uplifting. |
| User ReviewPrivate UWhen it comes to the atomic bomb, try as I might, I always end up crying. Amazing film about a hibakusha who feels that she shouldn't have survived Hiroshima and her father, who appears as a ghost to encourage her to try to be happy. Deals with the SCAP's refusal to allow the Japanese to conduct research on the effects of the bomb and the effects of the bomb on not only people's physical bodies but on their minds and their surroundings. I wish it would come out in region 1. |
| User ReviewYohei KAn emotionally intriguing roller-coaster ride that resembles a filmed play more than a movie. The acting by the two leading actors is superb, but the predictability of the plot takes a away the thrill that a casual moviegoer looks for. |
