A potent if flawed study of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and its aftereffects, focusing on the dark destiny of one family caught in the holocaust.
The film opens with the bombing, showing the blinding flash of light, the shock wave that disintegrates people and buildings, and the black rain falling on young Yasuko (Tanaka), her aunt Shigako (Ichihara) and her uncle Shigematsu (Kitamura), which exposes them all to radiation poisoning. Five
years pass, and the family's main problem is now the difficulty of finding a husband for Yasuko, whose contamination leaves her a pariah in the community. The locals have become used to funeral processions and t...
Released:
1989
Rated:
NR
Length:
123 mins