Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.
Directed by Tōya Satō
world war ii
single mother
brother sister
starvation
fire bombing
children in wartime
brother and sister
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
Cast
Hoshi Ishida
Yokokawa Seita
Ikki Sawamura
Kiyoshi
Yui Natsukawa
Kyoko
Nanako Matsushima
Hisako
Mao Inoue
Natsu,Keiko
Mayuko Fukuda
Hana
Jun Kaname
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Genzo
So Yamanaka
Crew
Tōya Satō
Director
Yumiko Inoue
Writer
Popular Reviews
18 reviews
Mia Silverio
9.5★ · 01/07/26
it’s like the boxcar children except just constantly depressing and sad and heartbreaking.
it’s like the boxcar children except just constantly depressing and sad and heartbreaking.
