Hachi-gatsu no Kyoushikyoku
Movie
八月の狂詩曲
1991/05/25
Speech duration
48min
Word count5,639
Unique words1,453
Words (1-occurrence)833
Unique kanji588
Kanji (1-occurrence)234
Difficulty beta
Average
Speech speed
284
External Rating
71 %

The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.

View more
Genres
Drama