Film

Children of Hiroshima

7.119521h 37mDrama War

Director: Kaneto Shindō
Year: 1952

Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.

Top cast

Nobuko Otowa

Takako Ishikawa

Osamu Takizawa

Iwakichi

Masao Shimizu

Toshiaki

Jūkichi Uno

Kōji (deleted scenes; cenas apagadas)

Akira Yamanouchi

(as Akira Yamauchi; como Akira Yamauchi)

Jun Tatara

Tsutomu Shimomoto

Natsue Morikawa's husband (Marido da Natsue Morikawa)

Hideji Ōtaki

Eiken Shoji

Shinsuke Ashida

Shin Date

Chikako Hosokawa

Setsu - Takako's Mother

Tanie Kitabayashi

Otoyo

Yoshiko Sakurai

Miwa Saitō

Natsue Morikawa

Tomoko Naraoka

Yumi Takano

Fukuko Sayo

Directed by

Kaneto Shindō

Written by

Kaneto Shindō