Heaven Sent（1979/Japan/91min）

“Kamisama no Kureta Akanbo” [Heaven Sent] is a re-make of Noboru Nakamura’s comedy, “Shukin Ryoko” [Travel of Collecting Debts], released in 1957. The lives of Shinsaku and Sayoko, an unconventional couple shacked up together, change course when Shinichi, a young boy searching for his father, is brought to stay with them. The film watches their relationship develop on a journey that starts in Onomichi in Hiroshima and continues down through Kyushu to Beppu, Amakusa and Nagasaki.

Director：Yoichi Maeda
Cast：Yoichi Maeda, Hideo Nanbu, Haruhiko Arai

【Screening schedule】
Nov 21 (Sat.) ①10：30～②14：00～＠Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library

H story（2003/Japan/111min）

“H Story” is an autobiographical docudrama about an attempt by a Japanese director, Nobuhiro Suwa from Hiroshima, to re-make the classic French film “Hiroshima Mon Amour” [Hiroshima My Love]. Filming is brought to a standstill when the lead actor, Béatrice Dalle from France, shows signs of fatigue and questions Suwa’s motives for filming in Hiroshima.※A talk show by director Suwa is scheduled after the screening.(You Tube live streaming is not available.)

Director: Nobuhiro Suwa
Cast: Béatrice Dalle, Ko Machida, and Hiroaki Umano

【Screening schedule】
Nov 21 (Sat.) 18：00～＠Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library

Tomorrow （1988//105分）

On August 8, 1945, a young couple hold an intimate family wedding at the Miura family's house in Nagasaki. At dawn, just hours before a hydrogen bomb rips through the lives of the city’s inhabitants, the bride’s older sister is gifted with a child, emphasizing both the importance and fragility of life.

【Screening schedule】
Nov 22（Sun.）①10：30～②14：00～＠Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library

Natsu Shojo [A Girl and Summer]（1995/Japan/90min）

“Natsu Shojo” [A Girl and Summer] is a captivating story depicting hardships faced by Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors set on a small island in Japan’s inland sea. Based on Akira Hayasaka’s “Yumechi-Nikki” [Yumechi Diary], the story starts to unfold when a roof tile, partially melted in Hiroshima’s atomic blast, is brought to the island. The appearance of a mysterious young girl draws Mamoru, a 12-year-old boy, into a fantastical world and beckons painful memories of Hiroshima for his parents.

Director: Tokihisa Morikawa
Cast: Kaori Momoi, Kanpei Hazama, Asako Yazaki, and Fujioka Takashi

【Screening schedule】
Nov 23(Sun.)①10：30～②14：00～＠Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library