“I’ve not seen many pictures of you in Nagasaki; you look so young.” Desperate to understand her family's past in Japan before her birth, Niki (Camilla Aiko) probes her mother, Etsuko (Suzu Hirose), about their time in Nagasaki. Told through flashbacks, Etsuko recounts the tale of a friend she knew long ago. Spanning the two timelines, the film is a moving and hopeful account of the generational impact of war and tragedy on one family. This beautiful looking film is an adaptation of Nobel prize-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting 1982 debut novel.

With support of the BFI Film Audience Network,
awarding funds from the National Lottery in order to
bring this project to more audiences across the UK.