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Shinichi's mother died after suffering for many years after being exposed to radiation in Nagasaki from the atomic bomb. On the way to his mother's grave Shinichi falls from his motorcycle and is injured. The man who finds Shinichi injured brings Shinichi to a guest house nearby. Shinichi, like his mother, is suffering from leukemia. But he still wants to fulfill his promise of meeting up with his best friends Takashi and Hiroshi in front of his mothers grave.
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Original Language
JA
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.
