Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

Nanami Ishikawa works as an editor at a publishing company. She travels Hiroshima to go after her father Asahi who left home. During her visit to Hiroshima, she learns about the tragic story of Asahi's older sister Minami Hirano. When Minami Hirano was 13 years old, she was exposed to radiation by an atomic bomb.

Cast

Takako Tokiwa

as Nanami Ishikawa

Isao Hashizume

as Akira Ishikawa

Yuna Taira

as Fuko Ishikawa

Rina Kawaei

as Minami Hirano

Midoriko Kimura

as Fujimi Hirano

Asuka Kudo

as Akira Uchikoshi

Fuka Koshiba

as Kyoka Ota

Yōsuke Asari

as Akira Ishikawa (Young)

Shosuke Tanihara

Shuji Kashiwabara

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