Haha to Kuraseba (2015)

Original title

母と暮せば

Directed by

Yōji Yamada

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 10m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mother in Nagasaki is visited by the ghost of her son who died in the atomic bombing. They revisit their shared memories and talk about the life he could have had.

poignanttenderslow-pacedbittersweetreflectivegentlefamily-centeredwar-themed

What happens

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (Japanese: 母と暮せば, Hepburn: Haha to Kuraseba; "Living with my mother") is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Sayuri Yoshinaga and Kazunari Ninomiya. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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