Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika
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- Title: 広島・昭和２０年８月６日
- Title (romaji): Hiroshima Showa 20 nen 8 Gatsu Muika
- Also known as: Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
- Format: Tanpatsu
- Genre: Historical, documentary
- Viewership ratings: 19.1
- Broadcast network: TBS
- Broadcast date: 2005-Aug-29
- Air time: Monday 21:00
- Theme song: Nada Sou Sou by Natsukawa Rimi
Synopsis
The story is narrated by Nishida Toshiyuki's character at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. A story during the summer of 1945 (60 years earlier). At one time a row of shophouses and private homes lined the vicinity. That was where the Yajima family resided - four merry, close siblings who were orphans. Matsu Takako (Yajima Shinobu) plays the oldest daugther who runs the Yajima family inn after the death of her parents while looking out for her younger siblings - Kato Ai (Yajima Nobuko), Nagasawa Masami (Yajima Maki), Tomiura Satoshi (Yajima Toshiaki). Harsh, painful ordeals visit each of the Yajima siblings during the war. Their only brother is called to go to war. Days later the sisters see Toshiaki off at Hiroshima station...
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Cast
- Matsu Takako as Yajima Shinobu
- Kato Ai as Yajima Nobuko
- Nagasawa Masami as Yajima Maki
- Tomiura Satoshi as Yajima Toshiaki (child)
- Nishida Toshiyuki as Yahima Toshiaki (elderly)
- Kokubun Taichi as Shigematsu Michaki
- Tamayama Tetsuji as Ohara Yasuhide
- Fukada Aki as Kaneda Mika
- Ishimaru Kenjiro as Officer Hirose
- Komoto Masahiro as the clothing factory instructor
- Izumiya Shigeru as the mailman
- Mitsuishi Ken as the guard
- Morita Konomi as Maki's classmate
- Fugane Shigeya as the high school student
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Yukawa Kazuhiko
- Producer: Nasuda Jun
- Production: Yagi Yasuo
- Director: Fukuzawa Katsuo
Awards
- 2006 National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan (NAB) Awards: Best Television Program
Notes
- Viewership in the Hiroshima region was 28%.
- This was the first program in the Nada Sou Sou Project, which featured special TV dramas to celebrate TBS's 50th anniversary.
- An edited version was aired 2006-Sep-29 from 21:00~23:00, featuring some new scenes not shown in the original premiere and cutting out other scenes.