On August 9, 1945, the Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This film, based on a story by Mitsukaru Inoue, describes the daily life of people in Nagasaki the day before that fateful event. It presents the human drama of people's lives, and their feelings of joy and sadness. These include a newlywed couple, an expectant mother, and lovers who must say farewell because the boy is called to serve in the army. Each of these people, like others in the city, hoped to live with their dreams for ‘tomorrow’. But tomorrow never comes for them, as their lives are brought to an abrupt and unexpected end. Knowing how the story ends, in this case, doesn't detract from it at all; rather, it enhances the emotional impact, which is further heightened by the poignant musical score from Teizo Matsumura. 'Ashita' is the first film in Kazuo Kuroki's 'War Requiem Trilogy,' which also includes 'Utsukushii Natsu Kirishima' (2002) and 'Chichi to Kuraseba' (2004).
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Kaori Momoi as Tsuruko Miura
Kaho Minami as Yae Miura
Nobuko Sendo as Akiko Miura
Arthur Kuroda as Tsuneo Ishihara
Hiroyuki Nagato as Taiichiro Miura
Shirō Sano as Shoji Nakagawa
Kunie Tanaka as Shoji's stepfather
Moeko Ezawa as Shoji's mother
Yoshio Harada as Yamaguchi
Haruko Mabuchi as Tsui Miura
Shinichiro Okano as Hiro
Osami Nabe as Mizumoto
Wakaba Irie as Mitsue
Kaori Mizushima as Aya
Michiko Araki as Fujio's mother
Michino Yokoyama as Matchmaker
Natsuko Kahara as Midwife
Daigo Kusano as Drug sales
Taiji Tonoyama as Storekeeper
Noboru Mitani as
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