![Children of Hiroshima (1952)](/media/img/movie/poster/m/c5/af793a53db4b9f44ceff9cee.jpg)
Shows the devastation caused by the atomic bomb, and by use of a fictional storyline, portrays the struggle of the ordinary Japanese people in dealing with the aftermath.
Japan Japan
Nobuko Otowa Osamu Takizawa Masao Shimizu Jūkichi Uno Akira Yamanouchi Jun Tatara Tsutomu Shimomoto Hideji Ōtaki Eiken Shoji Shinsuke Ashida Shin Date Chikako Hosokawa Tanie Kitabayashi Yoshiko Sakurai Miwa Saitô Tomoko Naraoka Yumi Takano Fukuko Sayo Eijirō Tōno Yūsaku Terashima Taiji Tonoyama Kan Yanagiya Yuriko Hanabusa Shinya Ofuji Takashi Itô Tsuneko Yamanaka
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