Hiroshima 28

Release Date: 1974-04-11

Overview: Filmed on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Hiroshima 28 was the first all-Hong Kong crew to make a feature in Japan. Lung Kong anchors a bittersweet melodrama in the historical milieu in the months following the horrific events of August 6, 1945. Josephine Siao—a star whose career had become synonymous with the filmmaker’s work over the past decade—plays a young tour guide to a Hong Kong reporter researching the tragic effects of the atom bomb, their journey forming an odyssey through the city’s ruins.

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Cast

Josephine Siao Fong-Fong

as Imai Yoshiko

Charlie Chin Chiang-Lin

as Kimura Makimune

Lisa Chiao Chiao

as Imai wife (Yu Fen)

Guan Shan

as Imai Eisaku

Maggie Lee

as Imai Kyoko