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94% Rotten Tomatoes Produced by Enoki Nozomi Cinematography Masashi Chikamori Director Yoji Yamada | 6.6/10 IMDb Directed by Yoji Yamada Music by Ryuichi Sakamoto Initial release 12 December 2015 (Japan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Yoji Yamada
Emiko Hiramatsu Starring Sayuri Yoshinaga
Kazunari Ninomiya Box office 1.72 billion JPY ($14,484,841) Awards Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Nominations Japan Academy Prize for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Cast Kazunari Ninomiya, Sayuri Yoshinaga, Haru Kuroki, Tadanobu Asano, Miyu Honda Similar Nagasaki burabura bushi, Kabei ‑ Our Mother, Children of Nagasaki, The Twilight Samurai, What a Wonderful Family! Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nagasaki memories of my son
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (Japanese: 母と暮せば, Hepburn: Haha to Kuraseba, "Living with my mother") is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Yoji Yamada. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
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Plot
Midwife Nobuko Fukuhara lost her husband and eldest son during World War II and lost her youngest son, Koji, as a result of the bombing of Nagasaki. 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.
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Music
The musical score for Nagasaki was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto. A soundtrack album was released by Milan Records on 23 September 2016.