Yunagi City, Sakura Country (2007)

Plot Summary

Thirteen years afterward, I wonder if those who bombed Hiroshima are looking at me and saying: 'We did it! We were able to kill another person!' They should be," murmurs Minami (played by Kumiko Aso), one of the two leading female characters in Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni, as she lies dying in 1958, her life brought to a premature end by sickness resulting from her exposure to atomic bomb radiation. This is a story about those who at least initially survived the first U.S. atomic bombing of 1945 and their descendants in contemporary times. The film, based on a comic by Fumiyo Kono, jumps between the two time frames and quietly depicts the sorrow and mortification experienced through the everyday lives of laid-back and soft-spoken Hiroshima people. Only a few scenes of the bombing and the ensuing devastation are featured.

Movie Details

Original Title

夕凪の街 桜の国

Status

released

Original Language

ja

Where to watch free (US)

No free providers found in US.

Production Companies

Art Port

Big Shot Productions

Fukuoka Broadcasting System

Futabasha

SEGA

Sumitomo Corporation