Japan,
1991, 112 min
Directed by:
Tadashi ImaiComposer:
Masaru SatōPlots(1)
A young girl must write a school report on the bombing of Tokyo, and to do this she must ask her aunt Sakiko and father Yuta about their wartime experiences. But for Sakiko, who constantly stares at an old burnt power pole, the past is a repository of terrible things. (Shochiku)
Cast
Yūki Kudō
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Tomoko Naraoka
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Kirin Kiki
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Yumiko Fujita
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