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Gift of Fire (2021)
Directed by Hiroshi Kurosaki
Overview
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.
Length 80 minutes
Actors
Yuya Yagira | Kasumi Arimura | Haruma Miura | Masaki Miura | Shôhei Uno | Hiroyuki Onoue | Daichi Watanabe | Shôno Hayama | Eita Okuno | Issei Ogata | Shinya Yamamoto | Jun Kunimura | Yūko Tanaka