

Children of Hiroshima
1952-08-06 · 97 min · ★ 7.1
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
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- Directors
- Kaneto Shindō
- Production companies
- Mingei Theatre Company, Kindai Eiga Kyokai
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Nobuko OtowaTakako Ishikawa
Osamu TakizawaIwakichi
Masao ShimizuToshiaki
Jūkichi UnoKōji (deleted scenes; cenas apagadas)
Akira Yamanouchi(as Akira Yamauchi; como Akira Yamauchi)
Jun Tatara
Tsutomu ShimomotoNatsue Morikawa's husband (Marido da Natsue Morikawa)
Hideji Ōtaki
Shinsuke Ashida
Shin Date
Chikako HosokawaSetsu - Takako's Mother
Tanie KitabayashiOtoyo
Tomoko Naraoka
Fukuko Sayo
Eijirō Tōno
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