Nagasaki: Memories of My Son
2015 film by Yōji Yamada
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (Japanese: 母と暮せば, Hepburn: Haha to Kuraseba; lit. "Living with my Mother") is a 2015 Japanese drama film directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Sayuri Yoshinaga and Kazunari Ninomiya. It was selected as the Japanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
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.
Cast
Sayuri Yoshinaga as Nobuko Fukuhara
Kazunari Ninomiya as Koji Fukuhara
Haru Kuroki as Machiko Sata
Kenichi Kato as "Shanghai Uncle"
Tadanobu Asano as Kuroda
Yuriko Hirooka as Tomie
Miyu Honda as Tamiko
Christopher McCombs as Charles Sweeney
Nenji Kobayashi as Demobilized Officer
Kazunaga Tsuji as Senior Man
Isao Hashizume as Kawakami Professor
Production
Filming
Principal photography began on 26 April 2015 in Nagasaki and was completed on 11 July 2015.
Music
The musical score for Nagasaki was composed by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
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