Underplayed Gems

Haha to Kuraseba (2015)

Haha to Kuraseba poster
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
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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.

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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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