HAYAZAKI NO HANA

[Machine Translation] A moving story based on the true story of the <Bombing of Toyokawa Naval Arsenal> in Toyohashi City! On August 7, 1945, about 3,000 people died in a 25-minute bombing at the Toyokawa Naval Arsenal. It was a tragic event in which many young boys and girls who worked at the arsenal in place of their fathers and brothers who had gone to war lost their lives, but because the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima the day before, it was hardly reported in the media. This film is a moving true story based on this historical fact. The film depicts the tragedy of war and the preciousness of human life by interweaving the "summer of the bombing" with the present day, featuring a woman who spent her girlhood in this town. The main character, Minako, emigrates overseas to become a pinhole camera operator, but returns to her hometown after being declared blind. Ruriko Asaoka, one of Japan's most famous actresses whose works include "The Mathematical Formula That Dr. Wagner Loved," gives an impassioned performance as the present-day Minako. Her childhood is played by Natsuki Kasa, the famous child actress of "The Life of Matsuko Ajiaware Matsuko". Other co-stars include Takahiro Hojo (Riding the Subway) and Mio Kato (Love Con). Also of note is that Grammy Award-winning world-renowned musician Kitaro, who is from Toyohashi City where the story takes place and also wrote the theme song for the film, makes his acting debut as a pyrotechnician! The original story was written by popular author Osamu Soda, who spent his boyhood in Toyohashi, where the drama is set. Based on his novels "Ee-jana-nai 17-sai no Challenge," "Haya-saki no Hana: Kodomotachi no Senmu," and "Kumo no Gai: Chugakusei no Taiheiyo Senso," which he wrote to keep the sadness of the air raid in his hometown Toyohashi alive, Hiroshi Sugawara, director of "Our Seven Day War" wrote the script himself for this film adaptation. In 1943, Shinji and his younger sister, Minako Uematsu, are transferred from Tokyo to a national school by the sea in Aichi Prefecture. They become good friends with the local children as they run around in the great outdoors, searching for treasure on a deserted island, stealing watermelons under the blazing sun, and dueling with other children. However, Shinji and his friends are soon caught up in the vortex of war, and at the age of 13, they are mobilized to work at the Toyokawa Arsenal. One day, the arsenal is bombed. Based on historical facts, this is a moving story about children under fire.

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豊橋市の<豊川海軍工廠の爆撃>実話に基づく感動のストーリー! 昭和20年8月7日、約25分間の爆撃を受けて約3000名の死者を出した<豊川海軍工廠の爆撃>。これは、戦地に行った父や兄の替わりに工場で働いていた多数の幼い少年少女たちが命を落とした痛ましい出来事だったが、前日に広島への原子爆弾投下があったことから、ほとんど報道されることがなかった。本作はこの史実に基づく感動の実話ストーリー。少女時代をこの町で過ごした女性を主人公に、その"爆撃の夏"と"現在"とを交錯させて、戦争の悲劇と人間の命の尊さを描く。 海外に移住しピンホールカメラのカメラマンになるが、失明を宣言されて故郷に帰る主人公・三奈子。現在の美奈子を『博士の愛した数式』などの日本を代表する名女優・浅丘ルリ子が熱演。彼女の子供時代を演じるのは『嫌われ松子の一生』の名子役・笠菜月。ほかに『地下鉄に乗って』の北条隆博や『ラブ★コン』の加藤未央らが共演。また、物語の舞台となった豊橋市出身で、本作のテーマ曲も担当したグラミー賞受賞の世界的ミュージシャン・喜多郎が、花火職人役で俳優業に初挑戦しているのも話題! 原作者は、少年時代にドラマの舞台となった豊橋で過ごした人気作家・宗田理。彼がふるさと豊橋の空襲の悲しみを風化させないために執筆した小説「ええじゃないか 17歳のチャレンジ」「早咲きの花―子どもたちの戦友」「雲の涯 中学生の太平洋戦争」を元に、映画『ぼくらの七日間戦争』の菅原浩志監督が自ら脚本を執筆して映画化! シュナイダー植松三奈子は、医者よりいずれ失明するという事実を告げられ、故郷の愛知県豊橋市を訪れて遠い日を思い出していく――昭和18年、東京から愛知県にある海沿いの国民学校へ転校した真次と妹の三奈子。無人島の宝探しや炎天下のスイカ泥棒、子ども同士の決闘など大自然の中を駆け回っているうちに彼らは地元の子供たちと仲良しになる。だが、やがて真次たちは戦争の渦に否応なく巻き込まれいき、13歳で学徒動員により豊川工廠で働くようになる。そしてある日、工場は爆撃され・・・。史実を元に戦火の子供たちを描く感動作。