Director Yamada Yoji reunites with Yoshinaga Sayuri, the star of About Her Brother & Kabei
- Our Mother, for the poignant drama Nagasaki: Memories of My Son set in postwar Nagasaki. The veteran actress plays a midwife who lost her son three years ago during the atomic bombing. On the day she tells herself its time to let him go, her son suddenly appears again to reminisce about their times together.
Arashi member Ninomiya Kazunari ( Letters from Iwo Jima) won Best Actor at the 39th Japan Academy Prize for his portrayal of the son. Kuroki Haru ( Little House) & Asano Tadanobu ( Kabei
- Our Mother) also co-star in this moving examination of familial love, the pain of loss, & the indelible effects of war.