The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
Returning from wartime China, Keiichi reunites with his mother Inako and adopted sister Tomi. He becomes drawn to Tomi’s beauty, and his mother appears supportive. But Keiichi soon meets Tsuneko, a former wartime nurse who has borne his child. Faced with a summons to stand trial for wartime atrocities, he entrusts Tomi and his son to Inako, then voluntarily turns himself in—believing he must answer not just to Japan, but to the world’s conscience.
Ratings
TMDB9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Toshio YasumiWriter
- Kiyoshi SaekiDirector
Cast
- Yaeko MizutaniKeiichi's mother Ineko
- Hatae KishiTsuneko Murasato
- Kyōko KagawaTomi Tsuboi
- Yōichi NumataKeiichi Ogata
- Yasumi HaraMinoru Nagae
- Tadashi MinamikawaInterpreter
- Ryōhei UchidaYoung Chinese man
- Tsuneo KatagiriChinese officer
- Michiyo NaokiNagae's wife Rie
- Suzuko OshimaYoung man's mother