Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

73 mins | Drama | Aug. 6, 2018

Nanami Ishikawa works as an editor at a publishing company. She travels Hiroshima to go after her father Asahi who left home. During her visit to Hiroshima, she learns about the tragic story of Asahi's older sister Minami Hirano. When Minami Hirano was 13 years old, she was exposed to radiation by an atomic bomb.

Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

73 mins | Drama | Aug. 6, 2018

Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
Nanami Ishikawa works as an editor at a publishing company. She travels Hiroshima to go after her father Asahi who left home. During her visit to Hiroshima, she learns about the tragic story of Asahi's older sister Minami Hirano. When Minami Hirano was 13 years old, she was exposed to radiation by an atomic bomb.
Producers NHK
Original title 夕凪の街 桜の国2018
Directors Ritsuji Kumano
Writers Fumiyo Kouno, Tadashi Morishita

Cast

Takako Tokiwa

as Nanami Ishikawa

Isao Hashizume

as Akira Ishikawa

Yuna Taira

as Fuko Ishikawa

Rina Kawaei

as Minami Hirano

Midoriko Kimura

as Fujimi Hirano

Asuka Kudo

as Akira Uchikoshi

Fuka Koshiba

as Kyoka Ota

Yosuke Asari

as Akira Ishikawa (Young)

Mitsuo Sagawa

as Akira Uchikoshi (Old)