is a 2012 Japanese film directed by

Sion Sono is a Japanese filmmaker, author, and poet. Best known on the Film festival, festival circuit for the film ''Love Exposure'' (2008), he has been called "the most subversive filmmaker working in Japanese cinema today", a "Stakhanovite movement, ...

. Following a nuclear accident, nearby residents are forced to evacuate. A pregnant evacuee fears that she is still at risk from radiation even in her new location, while her in-laws refuse to leave their home.

Plot

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hits Japan causing a nuclear power plant to explode. In a small village in the fictitious Nagashima prefecture, a couple of farmers lead a most peaceful existence and cling to their property despite the instructions of the authorities who define a security perimeter cutting the locality in two. Son and daughter-in-law leave for another village, where Izumi, the young wife, discovers that she is going to give birth to a child. A film evoking the nuclear disaster in Fukushima on March 11, 2011.

Cast

Isao Natsuyagi was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1963 to 2013. Career In 1960, Natsuyagi began attending the Bungakuza actors school while attending Keio University , abbreviated as or , is a private university, private ...

as Yosuhiko Ono *

Naoko Otani is a Japanese actress. She made her screen debut in '' The Human Bullet'' while still a high school student, and became popular for her role in the NHK Asadora , colloquially known as , is a serialized, 15 minutes per episode, Japanese telev ...

as Chieko Ono *

Jun Murakami is a Japanese actor. Career Murakami starred in Sho Miyake's ''Playback'' (2012). He co-starred in Sion Sono's '' The Land of Hope'' (2012) with Megumi Kagurazaka. He has also appeared in films such as Takahisa Zeze's '' Heaven's Story'' an ...

as Yoichi Ono *

Megumi Kagurazaka is a Japanese actress and glamour model. She is married to the director Sion Sono and has starred in seven of his films. Career Kagurazaka has appeared in films such as '' Cold Fish'', '' Guilty of Romance'', and '' The Land of Hope''. Filmo ...

as Izumi Ono * Denden as Ken Suzuki

Accolades

References

External links

Official website
* Films directed by Sion Sono 2012 films Films about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami Films about the Fukushima nuclear accident Films about earthquakes Films about nuclear accidents Films about tsunamis 2010s Japanese films {{2010s-Japan-film-stub