Under the Nagasaki Sky

Overview

Film adaptation of an original story from Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum Director and Akutagawa Prize winner Yuichi Seirai, directed by Taro Hyugaji, who made the live-action version of Grave of the Fireflies. Depicts the fateful encounter between a daughter whose mother has died and a mother whose daughter has died. Jazz pianist Makoto Ozone makes his debut as a film composer. University student Kiyomi (Kie Kitano) is wracked by guilt after her mother dies of a heart attack the night they have an argument. Meanwhile, Saori (Izumi Inamori) finds out she is pregnant, but her daughter died a year before, and she is terrified of losing another child.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 13, 2013

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Kie Kitano,Izumi Inamori,Yuya Yagira,Chizuru Ikewaki,Shiro Sano,Junko Miyashita,Takahiro Hōjō,Renji Ishibashi,Minayo Watanabe,Tetta Sugimoto

Director

Taro Hyugaji

Writer

Yûichi Seirai,Hirofumi Harada

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt2296657