Tomorrow
On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings of joy and sadness. These include a newlywed couple, an expectant mother, and lovers who must say farewell because the boy is called to serve in the army. Each of these people, like others in the city, hoped to live with their dreams for ‘tomorrow’. But tomorrow never comes for them, as their lives are brought to an abrupt and unexpected end. Knowing how the story ends, in this case, doesn't detract from it at all; rather, it enhances the emotional impact, which is further heightened by the poignant musical score from Teizo Matsumura. 'Ashita' is the first film in Kazuo Kuroki's 'War Requiem Trilogy,' which also includes 'Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima' (2002) and 'Chichi to Kuraseba' (2004).
Release Date
August 13, 1988Runtime
105 minGenres
DramaDirected by
Kazuo Kuroki, Takashi Miike, Takashi TsukinokiScreenplay by
Kazuo Kuroki, Masako Inoue, Juichiro TakeuchiLanguage
JapaneseBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Kaori Momoi
Tsuruko MiuraKaho Minami
Yae MiuraNobuko Sendo
Akiko MiuraHiroyuki Nagato
Taiichiro MiuraShirō Sano
Shoji NakagawaKunie Tanaka
Shoji's stepfatherMoeko Ezawa
Shoji's motherYoshio Harada
YamaguchiHaruko Mabuchi
Tsui MiuraShinichiro Okano
HiroOsami Nabe
MizumotoWakaba Irie
MitsueKaori Mizushima
AyaMichiko Araki
Fujio's motherMichino Yokoyama
MatchmakerNatsuko Kahara
MidwifeDaigo Kusano
Drug salesTaiji Tonoyama
Storekeeper