Yoji YAMADA
Nagasaki: Memories Of My Son
母と暮せば
Nippon Cinema ª
During the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Nobuko’s son Koji dies. Previously, Nobuko had already lost another son and her husband. Three years later, she lives alone as a midwife and talks to the ghost of her dead son about her painful past. The emotionally powerful melodrama by master director Yoji YAMADA might be the saddest, yet also most hopeful film of this year’s festival.
母と暮せば
Haha to kuraseba
Japan 2015
130 minutes
Production
"Nagasaki: Memories of My Son" Film Partners
World sales
Shochiku
Cast
Sayuri YOSHINAGA, Kazunari NINOMIYA, Haru KUROKI, Tadanobu ASANO, Kenichi KATO
About Yoji YAMADA
Yoji YAMADA, born in Toyonaka (Osaka Prefecture) in 1931, directed more than 80 films over the course of 50 years. In Japan he is best known for the TORA SAN film series. Abroad, he gained wider recognition with his Samurai movie trilogy (2002 2006). In 2010, he was honored for his achievements with the Berlinale Camera.