A family runs a ryokan. The atomic bomb is coming. You know. They don't.
The story is about a family of three sisters and one brother with a dog living and running a Japanese Ryokan in Tenjin-cho, Hiroshima near Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall.
Acting
Takako Matsu anchors the family with devastating restraint and warmth.
Direction
Fukuzawa builds unbearable tension through mundane daily rituals.
Director
Katsuo Fukuzawa
Takako Matsu
Shinobu Yajima
Ai Kato
Nobuko Yajima
Masami Nagasawa
Maki Yajima
Taichi Kokubun
Michiaki Shigematsu
Tetsuji Tamayama
Yasuhide Ohara
Aki Fukada
Mika Kaneda
Shigeru Izumiya
Post Officer
Masahiro Komoto
Factory Officer
Kenjirou Ishimaru
Hirose
Masazumi Nitanda
Ken Mitsuishi
Military Soldier
Takao Toji
Toshiyuki Nishida
Elder Toshiaki Yajima
Konomi Morita
Maki's Classmate
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's date—August 6, 1945—is never spoken aloud, yet Japanese audiences experience the entire film as a countdown. This creates unique dramatic irony lost on many international viewers.
The Industrial Promotion Hall visible in background shots is the surviving structure now known as the Atomic Bomb Dome, making the family's daily walks past it unbearably poignant once recognized.
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