Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015 2h 10m movie Film Japan

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son

母と暮せば

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.

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The 2010s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Nagasaki: Memories of My Son premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
11
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

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

Themes & Motifs

  • atomic bomb
  • world war ii
  • talking to the dead
  • grieving parents
  • 1940s
  • nagasaki

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