A Boy Named Hiroshima
1987, Japanese. Directed by Yoshiya Sugata.
Thirty-eight years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a boy is born with only a single day to live. Named "Hiroshima," he sets out into the city in search of his mother and encounters a young girl... An independently produced short film created from the desire to let the boys who perished in the atomic bombing see their mothers one last time. By placing the boy in the past and the girl in the present, the film expresses this heartfelt wish.
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- 0h 45m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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- 10 April 1987
- Original title
- ヒロシマという名の少年
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A Boy Named Hiroshima isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 April 1987. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed A Boy Named Hiroshima?
A Boy Named Hiroshima (1987) was directed by Yoshiya Sugata and stars Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tomie Fukuoka, Tomoko Mihara.