The Heart of Hiroshima

The Heart of Hiroshima

1966 · 92 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama

One morning, Kazue is nearly knocked over by a motorbike in front of an instrument store, breaking all the records that she was carrying. The two connect instantly and begin seeing each other every day. However, Iwai, Yukio’s foster parent, is concerned - Yukio had been exposed to the atomic bomb when he was four years old and had been showing symptoms of atomic radiation, hospitalizing him in the Genbaku Atomic Bomb Survivor’s Hospital. Unfortunately, nobody knows when the symptoms may return. When Yukio passes out from anemia during work, he decides to part with Kazue. A couple of days later, Yukio tells her of his destiny at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, but Kazue passionately encourages him.

Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara · Written by Yoshio Kobayashi

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Sayuri Yoshinaga Kazue Matsui
Tetsuya Watari Yukio Mihara
Akira Nakao Fujii
Tomoko Hamakawa Fumiko
Asao Sano Iwai
Osamu Takizawa Director of the Hospital
Gorō Tarumi

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