A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
Directed by Mori Masaki
bomb
world war ii
hiroshima, japan
based on comic
based on manga
bombing
nuclear
adult animation
radiation sickness
nuclear warfare
anime
children in wartime
hiroshima
hiroshima and nagasaki bombings
hiroshima bombing
post-war chaos period
Rank
#8 in 1983·#987 overall
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
4.0 / 5
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Cast
Seiko Nakano
Eiko Nakaoka (voice)
Yoshie Shimamura
Kimie Nakaoka (voice)
Takeshi Aono
Hidezo (voice)
Katsuji Mori
Seiji Yoshida (voice)
Taeko Nakanishi
Hana (voice)
Junji Nishimura
Boku Pak (voice)
Koichi Kitamura
Landlord (voice)
Crew
Mori Masaki
Director
Kentaro Haneda
Original Music Composer
Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Key Animation
Hiroko Suzuki
Fix Animator
Manabu Ohashi
Key Animation
Yasuomi Umetsu
Key Animation
Shizuo Kurahashi
Sound Effects
Popular Reviews
103 reviews
Yonny Sklansky
8.6★ · 03/15/26
Shoes don’t really protect you from an atom bomb anyway
Shoes don’t really protect you from an atom bomb anyway
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Ana
8.0★ · 04/11/26
What possessed my mother to make me watch this at 9 years old
What possessed my mother to make me watch this at 9 years old
Najee JoynerPRO
9.0★ · 12/25/25
Brutal, grim, and yet somehow there’s some light in this movie. Probably not a movie I should be watching on Christmas but aye fuck it. America should’ve never dropped the bomb smh.
Brutal, grim, and yet somehow there’s some light in this movie. Probably not a movie I should be watching on Christmas but aye fuck it. America should’ve never dropped the bomb smh.
alice po
8.0★ · 12/12/25
a difficult watch
a difficult watch
mochi
8.0★ · 11/05/25
me rompe el corazón que esto retrata la vida de muchísimas personas. what’s so civil about war, anyway?
me rompe el corazón que esto retrata la vida de muchísimas personas. what’s so civil about war, anyway?
