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DramaWar

Children of Hiroshima

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Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.

Release Date : 1952-08-06

Language :Japanese

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Mingei Theatre CompanyKindai Eiga Kyokai

Production Country : Japan

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Nobuko Otowa

Character Name : Takako Ishikawa

Original Name : 乙羽信子

Gender : Female

Osamu Takizawa

Character Name : Iwakichi

Original Name : 滝沢修

Gender : Male

Masao Shimizu

Character Name : Toshiaki

Original Name : 清水将夫

Gender : Male

Jūkichi Uno

Character Name : Kōji (deleted scenes; cenas apagadas)

Original Name : 宇野重吉

Gender : Male

Akira Yamanouchi

Character Name : (as Akira Yamauchi; como Akira Yamauchi)

Original Name : 山内明

Gender : Male

Jun Tatara

Character Name :

Original Name : 多々良純

Gender : Male

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Character Name : Natsue Morikawa's husband (Marido da Natsue Morikawa)

Original Name : 下元勉

Gender : Male

Hideji Ōtaki

Character Name :

Original Name : 大滝秀治

Gender : Male

Eiken Shoji

Character Name :

Original Name : 庄司永建

Gender : Male

Shinsuke Ashida

Character Name :

Original Name : 芦田伸介

Gender : Male

Shin Date

Character Name :

Original Name : 伊達信

Gender : Male

Chikako Hosokawa

Character Name : Setsu - Takako's Mother

Original Name : 細川ちか子

Gender : Female

Tanie Kitabayashi

Character Name : Otoyo

Original Name : 北林谷栄

Gender : Female

Yoshiko Sakurai

Character Name :

Original Name : Yoshiko Sakurai

Gender : Male

Miwa Saitō

Character Name : Natsue Morikawa

Original Name : 斎藤美和

Gender : Female

Tomoko Naraoka

Character Name :

Original Name : 奈良岡朋子

Gender : Female

Yumi Takano

Character Name :

Original Name : 高野由美

Gender : Female

Fukuko Sayo

Character Name :

Original Name : 小夜福子

Gender : Female

Eijirō Tōno

Character Name :

Original Name : 東野英治郎

Gender : Male

Yūsaku Terashima

Character Name :

Original Name : 寺島雄作

Gender : Male

Taiji Tonoyama

Character Name : Owner of a ship

Original Name : 殿山泰司

Gender : Male

Kan Yanagiya

Character Name :

Original Name : 柳谷寛

Gender : Male

Yuriko Hanabusa

Character Name : Oine

Original Name : 英百合子

Gender : Female

Shinya Ofuji

Character Name : Child (Criança)

Original Name : Shinya Ofuji

Gender : Male

Takashi Itô

Character Name :

Original Name : Takashi Itô

Gender : Male

Kennosuke Naruo

Character Name : Child (Criança)

Original Name : Kennosuke Naruo

Gender : Male

Kazuyuki Saeki

Character Name : Child (Criança)

Original Name : Kazuyuki Saeki

Gender : Male

Terufumi Matsui

Character Name : Child (Criança)

Original Name : Terufumi Matsui

Gender : Male

Ryōsuke Fukushima

Character Name : Child (Criança)

Original Name : Ryōsuke Fukushima

Gender : Male

Kazuyuki Sugiura

Character Name : Child (Criança)

Original Name : Kazuyuki Sugiura

Gender : Male

Tsuneo Satō

Character Name : Child (Criança)

Original Name : Tsuneo Satō

Gender : Male

Osamu Kataoka

Character Name : Child (Criança)

Original Name : Osamu Kataoka

Gender : Male

Tooru Hara

Character Name :

Original Name : Tooru Hara

Gender : Male

Kiyoko Hihara

Character Name :

Original Name : Kiyoko Hihara

Gender : Male

Tsuneko Yamanaka

Character Name : Child (Criança)

Original Name : Tsuneko Yamanaka

Gender : Male

Hisako Hara

Character Name :

Original Name : 原ひさ子

Gender : Female

Reviews

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2024-05-27

It's been six years since teacher "Takako Ishiwaka" (Nobuko Otowa) lost her parents in the Hiroshima blast and she is now planning on returning to the city to visit friends and to remember her family. On arrival, she stays with "Natsue Morikawa" (Miwa Saitô) who has been rendered infertile by the toxic after-effects of the explosion. This is where this emotionally heart-rending story starts. She explores what's left of the city only to discover that in many areas, a remarkable regeneration has occurred. In others, though, people are living an hand-to-mouth existence and that includes her father's former colleague "Iwakichi" (Osamu Takizawa) who is all but blind and living amongst the ruins whilst his grandchild lives in a nearby orphanage. She is informed that a few of her own fellow school pupils have also survived and so visits them - providing director Kaneto Shindô with an opportunity to present us with three different examples of post-war life and of the resignation, stoicism and maybe even slight optimism of those starting to rebuild - whilst they all turn nervously to the sky when they hear an aircraft overhead. Accompanied by some flashbacks to happier times, this tells a touching story of people whose lives, and in many cases beliefs, have been utterly destroyed. Their infrastructure is gone - physically and psychologically, yet she epitomises a decency and the imagery cannot help but engender a sense of pity from anyone watching. No, it doesn't put this into any form of context with the abhorrent behaviour of the troops who fought in their name elsewhere, so no real attempt is made to politicise the situation. It's more a series of personal tales that do quite succinctly bring home the true horrors of the original weapon of mass destruction and of human resilience.