The read
A Balasaur Score of 69 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 60%. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
An elderly Nagasaki hibakusha spends a summer caring for her four grandchildren, whose curiosity about the 1945 bombing stirs buried memories and moral questions. When an American nephew from Hawaii visits, the family confronts grief, guilt, and the possibility of reconciliation across generations.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes60%
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
160 audience votes
Key crew
- Akira KurosawaDirector
- Shinichiro IkebeOriginal Music Composer
- Akira KurosawaScreenplay
- Ishirō HondaScreenplay
Cast
- Sachiko MuraseKane (The Grandmother)
- Hidetaka YoshiokaTateo
- Tomoko OtakaraTami
- Mieko SuzukiMinako
- Mitsunori IsakiShinjiro
- Hisashi IgawaTadao
- Toshie NegishiKane's daughter
- Chōichirō KawarasakiNoboru
- Narumi KayashimaMachino
- Richard GereClark (Kane's Nephew)
- Matsue OnoCast
- Kappei MatsumotoCast
Themes
atomic bombhydrogen bomblong lost relativegrandmotherjapanese americannagasaki, japanmourning ritualgrandmother grandson relationshipgrandmother granddaughter relationship