The Bells of Nagasaki (film)

Nagasaki no Kane
Nagasaki no Kane
	The Bells of Nagasaki
Directed by	Hideo Ōba
Written by	Takashi Nagai
Starring	Masao Wakahara; Yumeji Tsukioka; Keiko Tsushima; Osamu Takizawa; Kōji Mitsui;
Cinematography	Toshio Ubukata
Edited by	Kaneto Shindō; Sekiro Mitsuhata; Sugako Hashida;
Music by	Yuji Koseki
Distributed by	Shochiku
Release date	September 23, 1950;
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Bells of Nagasaki is a 1950 film adaptation of the 1949 book of the same name by Takashi Nagai. It was directed by Hideo Ōba^[2] and was released September 23, 1950.

Plot

The film portrays the experiences of Takashi Nagai as a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.

The film was heavily censored.^[3]

The theme song "The Bells of Nagasaki" by Yuji Koseki proved immensely popular.^[4]

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