Yunagi City, Sakura Country 2007 (Japan)

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Yunagi City, Sakura Country 2007 (Japan), also known as Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, Yunagi no machi sakura no kuni is Japan drama premiere on Jul 28, 2007

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Drama: Yunagi City, Sakura Country 2007 (Japan)
Romaji: Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms, Yunagi no machi sakura no kuni
Japanese: 夕凪の街 桜の国
Country: Japan
Episodes: 1
Release Date: Jul 28, 2007
Duration: 1 hr. 58 min.

Plot Synopsis by DramaWiki Staff ©

"Thirteen years afterward, I wonder if those who bombed Hiroshima are looking at me and saying: 'We did it! We were able to kill another person!' They should be," murmurs Minami (played by Kumiko Aso), one of the two leading female characters in Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni, as she lies dying in 1958, her life brought to a premature end by sickness resulting from her exposure to atomic bomb radiation. This is a story about those who at least initially survived the first U.S. atomic bombing of 1945 and their descendants in contemporary times. The film, based on a comic by Fumiyo Kono, jumps between the two time frames and quietly depicts the sorrow and mortification experienced through the everyday lives of laid-back and soft-spoken Hiroshima people. Only a few scenes of the bombing and the ensuing devastation are featured.
Nanami (Rena Tanaka), the leading female character in the contemporary part of the film, is the daughter of Minami's brother, Asahi (Masaaki Sakai), who had evacuated to Ibaraki Prefecture when Hiroshima was bombed. An ordinary 28-year-old, Nanami has no idea about her dad's past or the existence of her late aunts, but she finds out about them when she follows her father to Hiroshima one day, suspicious of his unusual behavior.

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