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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| 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 (Japanese: TOMORROW 明日), also known as Ashita and Tomorrow – ashita is a 1988 Japanese drama 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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]13th Hochi Film Award[2]
- Won: Best Film
References
[edit]- ↑ "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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