After the Nagasaki bombing injures her hand, a young Japanese artist stays with her grandparents and struggles to reclaim her gift for calligraphy.
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After the Nagasaki bombing injures her hand, a young Japanese artist stays with her grandparents and struggles to reclaim her gift for calligraphy.
Staying with her grandparents after the atomic bomb has been dropped on Nagasaki, ten-year-old Mieko feels that the happiness in her heart has departed forever and she will no longer be able to produce a beautiful drawing for the contest at school.
will contain mild spoilers
No romantic or sexual content present
Hand injured in bombing; war ruins referenced without graphic detail
No profanity present
No substance use depicted
No LGBTQIA+ representation present
No religious themes present
No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
No occult or demonology content present
WWII atomic bombing aftermath; child's vulnerability to war
No self-harm or suicide content present
Wartime injury, displacement, and emotional trauma of a child
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