is a 2015 Japanese

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directed by

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and starring Sayuri Yoshinaga and

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. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the

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at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.

Plot

Midwife Nobuko Fukuhara lost her husband and eldest son during

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and lost her youngest son, Koji, as a result of the

bombing of Nagasaki The United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 and 9 August 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the on ...

. Following the war, she has been living alone with only work to keep her occupied. However, one day she is visited by an apparition of Koji. The mother and son begin to spend much time together, reminiscing and catching up on lost time. Although these moments together make both of them happy, it leads Nobuko to reflect more on her losses and the relationship she has with Koji's fiancée Machiko.

Cast

* Sayuri Yoshinaga as Nobuko Fukuhara *

as Koji Fukuhara *

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as Machiko Sata * Kenichi Kato as "Shanghai Uncle" * Tadanobu Asano as Kuroda * Yuriko Hirooka as Tomie *

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as Tamiko *

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* Nenji Kobayashi as Demobilized Officer * Kazunaga Tsuji as Senior Man *

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as Kawakami Professor

Production

Filming

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began on 26 April 2015 in Nagasaki and was completed on 11 July 2015.

Music

The musical score for ''Nagasaki'' was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto. A soundtrack album was released by Milan Records on 23 September 2016.

Reception

Box office

''Nagasaki: Memories of My Son'' grossed ¥1.98 billion in Japan.

Accolades

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nagasaki Memories Of My Son 2015 films 2015 drama films Japanese drama films 2010s Japanese-language films Films directed by Yoji Yamada Films scored by Ryuichi Sakamoto 2010s Japanese films