Your dad ghosted you? Try finding out your aunt was atomic bomb collateral damage.
Nanami Ishikawa works as an editor at a publishing company. She travels Hiroshima to go after her father Asahi who left home. During her visit to Hiroshima, she learns about the tragic story of Asahi's older sister Minami Hirano. When Minami Hirano was 13 years old, she was exposed to radiation by an atomic bomb.
Acting
Takako Tokiwa's restrained grief hits like a delayed wave.
Cinematography
Hiroshima's evening light weaponized for maximum heartbreak.
Writing
Adapts Fumiyo Kōno's manga with devastating precision.
Director
Ritsuji Kumano
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Fumiyo Kōno's acclaimed manga, part of Japan's ongoing cultural reckoning with Hiroshima's legacy through intimate family stories rather than spectacle.
The title's contrast—'evening calm' versus 'cherry blossoms'—mirrors the film's tension between transient beauty and permanent scars. Minami's name literally means 'beautiful wave,' a cruel irony given her fate.
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