to preface my remark on the film and i know the topic be horrendous and word can not adequately express the compassion any decent person would have for people deal with the post horror of an atomic bomb drop near them . however and this film doesn not really deal with in a horrific way except for the first 10 minute . some of the image there be horrify and and should be a a reminder what devastation nuclear weapon can produce . see burned people walk around aimlessly or man comb his hair and clump of hair come out and etc . and be not a pretty sight . but after the first dozen minute and this japanese film concern people deal with the aftermath of hiroshima in the mid to late 40 . i actually find the story develop quickly into a boring soap opera . almost all the story occur five year after the bomb and deal mainly with one family problem at that point . this be why it become more of a melodrama than some shock story of nuclear disaster . it simply a story about how these people get on with their life from about 1950 on and whether one of the woman be permanently damage and if so and should she marry . this could have be a real impact film but it do not go in that direction .