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Yunagi City, Sakura Country

Yunagi City, Sakura Country

DramaWar
2007, Movie, 1h 58min
Thirteen years afterward, I wonder if those who bombed Hiroshima are looking at me and saying: 'We did it! We were able to kill another person!' They should be," murmurs Minami (played by Kumiko Aso), one of the two leading female characters in Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni, as she lies dying in 1958, her life brought to a premature end by sickness resulting from her exposure to atomic bomb radiation. This is a story about those who at least initially survived the first U.S. atomic bombing of 1945 and their descendants in contemporary times. The film, based on a comic by Fumiyo Kono, jumps between the two time frames and quietly depicts the sorrow and mortification experienced through the everyday lives of laid-back and soft-spoken Hiroshima people. Only a few scenes of the bombing and the ensuing devastation are featured.
Country: Japan
Director:
Kiyoshi Sasabe
Cast:
Kumiko Aso,
Ryosei Tayama,
Rena Tanaka,
Shiho Fujimura
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Kiyoshi Sasabe
Director
Kumiko Aso
As Minami Hirano
Ryosei Tayama
As Yutaka Uchikoshi (Old)
Rena Tanaka
As Nanami Ishikawa
Shiho Fujimura
As Fujimi Hirano
Hisashi Yoshizawa
As Yutaka Uchikoshi
Yuta Kanai
As Nagio Ishikawa
Noriko Nakagoshi
As Toko Tone

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In 1958, Minami, a young woman living in Hiroshima, struggles to come to terms with the trauma of the atomic bombing that killed her family and left her with radiation sickness. As she reflects on her past and the loss of her loved ones, she finds solace in her relationships with her coworkers and her mother. Meanwhile, in the present day, her niece Nanami learns about her family's history and the impact of the bombing on their lives. Through their stories, the film explores the lingering effects of trauma and the importance of remembrance and healing.

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