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Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash

Nagasaki: In the Shadow of the Flash

2025•1h 49m•8.0/10
DramaWar

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8.0/10(1)

Nagasaki, 1945. Three nursing students, Tanaka Sumi, Ohno Atsuko, and Iwanaga Misao, return home when school is closed due to air raids, and spend some peaceful time with family and friends. However, at 11:02 AM on August 9th, the atomic bomb is dropped, and their daily lives are instantly shattered. The city is reduced to ruins, and despite their inexperience, the nursing students rush to provide medical care to the injured. Faced with the cruel reality that more lives must be buried than can be saved, the women continue to question the value and meaning of life.

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Production

SKY CASTLE FILM　, FREBARI

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Hinako Kikuchi

Hinako Kikuchi

田中スミ

Karin Ono

Karin Ono

大野アツ子

Asuka Kawatoko

Asuka Kawatoko

岩永ミサヲ

Kaho Minami

Kaho Minami

Akihiro Miwa

Akihiro Miwa

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