Tears. Laughter. Innocence. It was a summer of remembering.
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.
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Akira Kurosawa
Director, Screenplay, Editor
Ishirō Honda
Screenplay
Kiyoko Murata
Novel
Toru Okuyama
Executive Producer
Hisao Kurosawa
Producer
Takao Saitō
Director of Photography
Shoji Ueda
Director of Photography
Shinichiro Ikebe
Original Music Composer
Kazuko Kurosawa
Costume Design
Yoshirō Muraki
Production Design
