Children of Nagasaki (1983)

Original title

この子を残して

Directed by

Keisuke Kinoshita

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 08m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film is based on a true story about a doctor and his family in Nagasaki after the atomic bomb. It shows their struggles with radiation sickness and the loss of loved ones. The focus is on how they cope with death and find meaning in their suffering.

somberemotionalreflectiveslow-pacedhumanisticseriousquiet

What happens

Les Enfants de Nagasaki (この子を残して, Kono ko o nokoshite) est un film dramatique japonais écrit et réalisé par Keisuke Kinoshita, tiré de l'essai autobiographique du même nom de Takashi Nagai, et sorti en 1983. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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