Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms

Alternate titles

夕凪の街 桜の国, Yunagi no Machi, Hiroshima – A Cidade da Calmaria, Hiroshima - Nel paese dei fiori di ciliegio, Hiroshima. Nel paese dei fiori di ciliegio, La ciudad al atardecer. El país de los cerezos, Le pays de cerisiers, Miasto wieczornego spokoju, kraj kwitnącej wiśni (Polish), Phố chiều lặng gió Mênh mang anh đào, Yunagi no machi; Sakura no kuni, Yunagi no Machi Sakura no Kuni, Yunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni, Yuunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni, Город вечернего затишья, страна вишнёвого цвета, Arrats bareko hiria, Gereziondoen herria, Hiroshima - A Cidade da Calmaria

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Synopsis

Part 1: Hiroshima, 1955. Ten years after the city was consumed by a scorching flash of light, a woman's soul is still deeply shaken by the earth-shattering explosion that devastated her home and changed her life forever... A family from Hiroshima struggles to come to terms with their survival of the atomic bombing of their city. The protagonist is Minami Hirano, about 20 years of age. Part 2: Set some decades later, the niece of Minami Hirano is bewildered by her father's mysterious disappearances. She and a friend follow him to discover what he is doing. The main theme of this is historic manga concerns the question what impact the war and the atomic bombing had on the most vulnerable. Fumiyo Kôno examines this question in her outstanding book—an award-winning, widely-discussed masterpiece!