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Gift of Fire (2021)
Directed by Hiroshi Kurosaki
History, Drama · 1h 20m
Towards the end of WWII, the Navy gave the Kyoto University's physics lab the secret of a bomb that makes use of nuclear fission energy. While doing research to save Japan, the researchers there wonder if they should promote the development of weapons as scientists. Research enthusiast Ishimura Osamu tries to experiment purely but is at the mercy of the time period. His brother, Hiroyuki, also has to face the truth of the war. Asakura Setsu wants only to talk about the future. A story based on historical facts about youth during the tragedy of war.
Cast
Yuya Yagira
Kasumi Arimura
Haruma Miura
Masaki Miura
Shohei Uno
Hiroyuki Onoue
Daichi Watanabe
Shono Hayama
Eita Okuno
Issey Ogata
Shinya Yamamoto
Jun Kunimura
Crew
- Director
- Hiroshi Kurosaki
- Screenplay
- Hiroshi Kurosaki
- Original Music Composer
- Nico Muhly
- Editor
- Hiroyuki Ohba
- Producer
- Katsuhiro Tsuchiya, Takahiro Hamano, Ko Mori
Details
- Original title
- 太陽の子
- Release date
- 2021-08-06
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan, United States of America
- Production
- NHK, Eleven Arts Studios, KOMODO PRODUCTIONS, Aeon Entertainment, Kiccorit