Tomorrow (1988 film)
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| Kanji | TOMORROW 明日 |
| Kana | トゥモロー あした |
| Directed by | Kazuo Kuroki |
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| Based on | Ashita by Mitsuharu Inoue |
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| Cinematography | Tatsuo Suzuki |
| Edited by | Masaru Iizuka |
| Music by | Teizo Matsumura |
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| Distributed by | Nippon Herald Films |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Tomorrow (TOMORROW 明日), also known as Ashita and Tomorrow – ashita is a 1988 Japanese film co-written and directed by Kazuo Kuroki.[1] It is the first film in Kuroki’s "War Requiem" thematic trilogy, followed by A Boy’s Summer in 1945 (2002) and The Face of Jizo (2004).
Premise
Tomorrow follows the lives of the people of Nagasaki on August 8, 1945, the day before the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city. These include a newlywed couple, a pregnant mother and a boy drafted into the army. It chronicles their struggles, their hopes and their dreams for the future, juxtaposed with the reality of what will transpire the following day.
Cast
- Kaori Momoi as Tsuruko Miura
- Kaho Minami as Yae Miura
- Atsuko Sendo as Akiko Miura
- Arthur Kuroda as Tsuguo Ishihara
- Shirō Sano as Shoji Nakagawa
- Hiroyuki Nagato as Taiichiro Miura
- Haruko Mabuchi as Miura's wife
- Shinichiro Okano as Hiro
- Kunie Tanaka
- Moeko Ezawa as Mine
- Yoshio Harada as Yamaguchi
- Kaori Mizushima as Aya
- Hitomi Morinaga as Haruko
- Hiroko Isayama as Prostitute
- Nabe Osami as Mizumoto
- Irie Wakaba as Manko
- Natsuko Kahara as Midwife
- Michiko Araki as Fujio's mother
- Michiyo Yokoyama as Matchmaker
- Terumi Niki as Kiyo
- Taiji Tonoyama as Shopkeeper
- Daigo Kusano as Medicine seller
- Noboru Mitani
- Nishina Fuki
Awards and nominations
13th Hochi Film Award[2]
- Won: Best Film
References
- ^ "没後十年黒木和雄映画祭 Kazuo Kuroki Film Festival". シネマヌオーボ. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ 報知映画賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
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