Children of Hiroshima (1952)

Original title

原爆の子

Directed by

Kaneto Shindō

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 37m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a young woman who returns to Hiroshima years after the atomic bomb. She visits with survivors and remembers the destruction. The story shows the lingering physical and emotional damage on the city's children.

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What happens

Children of Hiroshima (原爆の子, Genbaku no ko; lit. "Children of the Atomic Bomb") is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Kaneto Shindō and starring Nobuko Otowa. It was written by Shindō based on the 1951 book Children of the Atomic Bomb by Arata Osada. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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