The read
It runs long at 2h 39m.
Synopsis
Hirayama Koichi and his wife Michiko eloped from Osaka to Okinawa, where they lived happily with their five children. When war erupts, their eldest son is drafted into the Imperial army. As fighting spreads, the family takes refuge far from the city, but soon, child after child is drafted to serve in various branches of the military and in organizations supporting the war cause. Koichi himself is faced with a moral dilemma when he is ordered to kill a wounded American soldier.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Katsuo FukuzawaDirector
- Kazuhiko YukawaScreenplay
- Naohiko TerashimaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Sanma AkashiyaCast
- Hitomi KurokiCast
- Kenji SakaguchiCast
- Yukie NakamaCast
- Aya UetoCast
- Ryo KatsujiCast
- Natsumi OhiraCast
- Emi IkehataCast