Japan Synopsis
母と暮せば
Nobuko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son appears in front of her again. Since that time, Koji (Kazunari Ninomiya) appears in front of her and they reminiscence about pleasant times. These happy, but bizarre moments seem eternal.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Nagasaki: Memories of My Son. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2014–2016 Japan Window
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son holds position #386 of 581 Japan films in the 2014–2016 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Japan, 1769 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Nagasaki: Memories of My Son premiered alongside 180 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 180 other Japan films in 2015.
The 3253rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
11 audience reviews — more than 11% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 7th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Nagasaki: Memories of My Son, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- nagasaki · 3
- grieving parents · 2
- talking to the dead · 1
- atomic bomb · 13
- world war ii · 55
- 1940s · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,868 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (37th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,262 of 1,933 (top 65%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Yomiuri Shimbun Company, J Storm, Kinoshita Komuten, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, GYAO |
| Runtime | 2h 10m |
| Release Date | December 12, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt4287852 |