The read
The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes71%
271 audience votes
Key crew
- Kentaro HanedaOriginal Music Composer
- Keiji NakazawaWriter
- Mori MasakiDirector
- Keiji NakazawaScreenplay
- Keiji NakazawaCreator
Cast
- Issei MiyazakiGen Nakaoka (voice)
- Masaki KoudaShinji Nakaoka (voice)
- Seiko NakanoEiko Nakaoka (voice)
- Takao InoueDaikichi Nakaoka (voice)
- Yoshie ShimamuraKimie Nakaoka (voice)
- Takeshi AonoHidezo (voice)
- Katsuji MoriSeiji Yoshida (voice)
- Taeko NakanishiHana (voice)
- Tatsuya JoNarrator (voice)
- Junji NishimuraBoku Pak (voice)
- Koichi KitamuraLandlord (voice)
Stills
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Themes
bombworld war iihiroshima, japanbased on comicbased on mangabombingnuclearadult animationradiation sicknessnuclear warfareanimechildren in wartime
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