Children of Hiroshima (1952)
原爆の子
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.
- Date of release
- 1952-08-06
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (43)
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
Children of Hiroshima is a 1952 Japanese drama film directed by Kaneto Shindō and starring Nobuko Otowa. It was written by Shindō based on the 1951 book Children of the Atomic Bomb by Arata Osada.
Production
The film was commissioned by the Japan Teachers Union and was based on first-person testimonies gathered by Japanese educator Arata Osada, collected in the 1951 book Children of the Atomic Bomb. The end of the post-war occupation of Japan by American forces allowed the production of works addressing the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagaski.
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