Hiroshima Maiden

A gentle, earnest drama about looking past scars, with a warm but heavy heart and a clear moral pull.

Directed by

Joan Darling

Genres

Family, Drama

Starring

Susan Blakely, Tamlyn Tomita, Stephen Dorff

Tagline

Emotional scars are always the last to heal.

Overview

"You have to think about whether they're really your friends," Johnny's dad says when Johnny talks to him about the grief his pals have been giving him lately. The other boys haven't exactly tried to understand why Dad opened up his family's home to Miyeko, a survivor of the Hiroshima Atomic bomb. Although she is only in America a short time to have surgery on her badly scarred face and arm, her visit reveals just how many ignorant and intolerant attitudes still exist 10 years after the war's end. But Johnny, who also resents Miyeko at first, becomes one of her fiercest defenders after he makes the effort to look past her outward appearance. Only then can the scars begin to heal.

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Grief, identity, family, friendship

Content

Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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