An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.
Cast
Sachiko Murase
Kane (The Grandmother)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Tateo
Tomoko Otakara
Tami
Mieko Suzuki
Minako
Mitsunori Isaki
Shinjiro
Hisashi Igawa
Tadao
Toshie Negishi
Kane's daughter
Chōichirō Kawarasaki
Noboru
Narumi Kayashima
Machino
Richard Gere
Clark (Kane's Nephew)
Matsue Ono
Unknown
Kappei Matsumoto
Unknown
Yoshiko Maki
Unknown
Noriko Honma
Mourner
Natsuyo Kawakami
Unknown
Kumeko Otowa
Unknown
Michio Kida
Unknown
Shizuko Azuma
Unknown
Sachio Sakai
Mourner
Yoshie Kihira
Unknown
Junpei Natsuki
Unknown
Setsuko Kawaguchi
Unknown
Shigeo Katō
Unknown
Hiroko Maki
Unknown
Goichi Nagatani
Unknown
Motohiro Toriki
Unknown
Wasuke Izumi
Unknown
Torauemon Utazawa
Unknown
Eiko Koike
Unknown
Yukie Shimura
Unknown
Saburô Kadowaki
Unknown
Crew
Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay, Assistant Director
Kiyoko Murata
Novel
Shoji Ueda
Director of Photography
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Vittorio Dalle Ore
Assistant Director
Takashi Koizumi
Assistant Director
Tsuyoshi Sugino
Assistant Director
Okihiro Yoneda
Assistant Director
Naohito Sakai
Assistant Director
Toru Tanaka
Assistant Director
Toru Okuyama
Executive Producer
Hisao Kurosawa
Producer
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design
Yumiko Fujii
Hairstylist
Sakai Nakao
Hairstylist
Norio Sano
Makeup Artist
Shoshichiro Ueda
Makeup Artist
Tameyuki Aimi
Makeup Artist
Ichirô Minawa
Sound Effects Editor
Masatoshi Saito
Sound Effects Editor
Soichi Inoue
Sound Assistant
Kenichi Benitani
Sound
Kazu Hiro
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Teruyo Nogami
Production Manager
Yamada Katsura
Wig Designer
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