Akiko's Piano: Hibaku Shita Piano ga Kanaderu Oto
Movie
Akiko's Piano 被爆したピアノが奏でる和音
2020/08/15
Speech duration
39min
Word count3,816
Unique words1,309
Words (1-occurrence)871
Unique kanji719
Kanji (1-occurrence)325
Speech speed
245
Difficulty Average

1940, Kawamoto Akiko lives in Hiroshima with her father and mother, Genkichi and Shizuko, as well as her two younger brothers. Akiko loves playing her favourite piano. As the war situation worsens, she is busy helping out the war efforts. On the morning of August 6, 1945, she disobeys her father and heads into the centre of town for work. In Hiroshima 75 years later, her favourite piano remains, restored and playable following its survival of the atomic bombing

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Genres
Drama
Music