Yunagi City, Sakura Country
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- Movie: Yunagi City, Sakura Country / Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
- Romaji: Yunagi no machi sakura no kuni
- Japanese: 夕凪の街 桜の国
- Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe
- Writer: Fumiyo Kono (original comic), Kei Kunii, Kiyoshi Sasabe
- Producer: Jun'ichi Matsushita, Masaaki Usui, Shin Yoneyama
- Cinematographer: Masaaki Sakae
- Release Date: July 28, 2007
- Runtime: 118 min.
- Production Company: Art Port
- Distributor: Art Port
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
"Thirteen years afterward, I wonder if those who bombed Hiroshima are looking at me and saying: 'We did it! We were able to kill another person!' They should be," murmurs Minami (played by Kumiko Aso), one of the two leading female characters in Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni, as she lies dying in 1958, her life brought to a premature end by sickness resulting from her exposure to atomic bomb radiation.
This is a story about those who at least initially survived the first U.S. atomic bombing of 1945 and their descendants in contemporary times. The film, based on a comic by Fumiyo Kono, jumps between the two time frames and quietly depicts the sorrow and mortification experienced through the everyday lives of laid-back and soft-spoken Hiroshima people. Only a few scenes of the bombing and the ensuing devastation are featured.
Nanami (Rena Tanaka), the leading female character in the contemporary part of the film, is the daughter of Minami's brother, Asahi (Masaaki Sakai), who had evacuated to Ibaraki Prefecture when Hiroshima was bombed. An ordinary 28-year-old, Nanami has no idea about her dad's past or the existence of her late aunts, but she finds out about them when she follows her father to Hiroshima one day, suspicious of his unusual behavior.
Cast
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| Rena Tanaka | Kumiko Aso | Yu Yoshizawa | Noriko Nakagoshi |
| Nanami Ishikawa | Minami Hirano | Yutaka Uchikoshi - young | Toko Tone |
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| Mitsunori Isaki | Yuta Kanai | Masaaki Sakai | Shiho Fujimura |
| Asahi Ishikawa - young | Nagio Ishikawa | Asahi Ishikawa - adult | Fujimi Hirano |
Additional Cast Members:
- Ryosei Tayama - Yutaka Uchikoshi - adult
- Urara Awata - Kyoka Ota
- Asami Katsura
- Jun Matsumoto
- Shunta Watanabe
- Rina Koike
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Awards
- "'Best Actress" (Kumiko Aso) - 2007 (50th) Blue Ribbon Awards - February 12, 2008
