Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015)

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• Movie: Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (English title) / Living with My Mother (literal title)
• Romaji: Haha to Kuraseba
• Japanese: 母と暮せば

• Director: Yoji Yamada
• Writer: Yoji Yamada, Emiko Hiramatsu
• Producer: Nozomi Enoki
• Cinematographer: Masashi Chikamori
• Release Date: December 12, 2015
• Runtime: 130 min.
• Genre: Drama / War / Fantasy / Award Winning
• Distributor: Shochiku
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Synopsis

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.