The film starts by stating hat people should make fireworks instead of war and that the film is based on Nagaoka’s true experience dealing with the earthquake. This shows the anti-war themes of the film, and that people should want peace. The film also comments on people in the war environment pre bomb showcasing the idea of going back to the past and the history of the bomb is always around. The film blends dreams and reality seamlessly, the film shows that time has stood still post-earthquake showing how disasters can destroy everything about a place including the concept of time. Reiko meets up with her ex kenichi as they had nothing to do with the war and she is taking a trip back. This shows how the atomic bomb destroys people personally as well as the country. Reiko covers the earthquake in fukushima a town full of post war nostalgia and nuclear anxieties. The film shows how the shadow of the atomic bomb and how that anxiety is manifested in the fukashima disaster. The film has this idea that through the voices of the past everyone is connected, as the film shows individual stories of the atomic bomb such as a boy throwing water over people in a bomb shelter to protect them. Reiko’s ex invites her to the town for the festival as she is going there to report on the WW2 air raid and the earthquake in a post war environment. This shows how the atomic bomb effects a society. The film tells the story of individual people and how that can affect a nation. The film tells the story of how a mock-up fat man was dropped but it was just an atomic bomb as people offer up prized items to pray for protection. This shows the inescapable nature of the atomic bomb and how this has scared the nation of japan.
The reporters sate that during the flood farmers were busy picking potato’s when the bomb was dropped people were torn to pieces and innocent people died and from this devastation people formed a connection. This shows the horrific destruction from the atomic bomb and how it ruined people’s lives and how from devastation society was connected. Everyone in the town comes together to help with the memorial as farmers find the remains of the cluster bomb. They explain how everything destroys japans culture and that you can still see the remains of the bomb showing that the war is not over. This shows the fears of a post war environment and that the shadow of the bomb is not over. The film states that Nagaoka was bombed 14 days before japan surrendered. First Hiroshima was biomed 14days before Japan surrendered. First hiroshima was boomed then Nagasaki originally it was Niigata but nagaskai was more culturally significant due to the attack of pearl harbour. The film shows that people dug up their babies and killed themselves. This shows the atrocities caused by the atomic bomb.
The film states that people must be friendly in order to not repeat history as that the bomb was going to drop in Nagaoka but didn’t as they test places all over Japan. Showcasing how the atomic bomb is a looming shadow of japan. Reiko’s trip is becoming dark. The film showcases that then the mock-up bomb was dropped they messed up the target and landed it in the fields then bombs were dropped over two o due to the weather as Niigata was spared then 6 days later incendiary bombs rained down. This shows how the scares of war and the atomic bomb effects people even today. The bombs are now remembered in the fireworks festival and now the earthquake as well as the fireworks are the spirit of post-war Japan. The maker of the fireworks talks about how they pen smoothly like the heart. Things were slower back then and snowfall ruined his house as he was a solider who became a farmer and made bomb shelters during the war. He says that his granddads found the recipe when Nagoka late was captured, and they found the work compounds. This shows how people remember the bomb by making something positive. The maker talks about his dad and his childhood as they would steal gunpowder and expose it and makes landmines. Fireworks were set of for the Japanese soldiers going to war which links the fireworks and the war and when people went off on a suicide mission it was like running through fireworks. Everything was a suicide mission destroyed in the war, but the city reived, and they were launched with a more positive. As they found a motor shell and made fireworks for the occasion, showcasing the effects of the atomic bomb. Since times have charged, they have decided to make fireworks instead of bombs this idea of a fox wedding. The fireworks blossom and disappear as his fiends made painting of people that died and like the fireworks people will die and disappear like people during the bomb.
This devastation is linked to the Tohoko earthquake and the Fukashima incident. The journalists meet her ex and an old friend as they talk about the town being bombed during the war and the voices of people remind them of war as this and the earthquakes are interlinked. This shows how the war is in the soul of the Japanese people. People were burnt to death in bomb shelters, and they pass their story on as people are in a constant state of fear from the earthquake and the war showing how history deeply effects people. The journalist girl gets her heart broken as she states there is this time before the war, and everyone has there on personal battles. The girl’s parents were bomb survivors. Her mum had resonantly died. She didn’t like her being a journalist as she uncovered the earthquake during her breakup as the earthquake is used to link to the war. This film states then when the next war happens everyone will have something to do with it. This shows how the post war anxieties are still high, and the atomic bomb lingers in people’s minds. The woman is with her mum is a flashback as they talk about the festival. Her mum states life is fragile and is connected through her daughter and says she struggles to understand the atomic bomb and runs through the rain saying it hurts like acid rain. They play a traditional village folk song as her grandparents lived through the bomb and can still dance. This show that the terror of the bomb is still prevalent in society however people can move on from this to a happy life.
The main woman and her ex talk about starting a family as the film repeats that normal people have nothing to do with the war and she didn’t want a kid, as her work links to the themes of remembering and reporting on the past. She goes to Nagasaki her parents’ hometown that she has never visited as she has been running away look at the museum like the fireworks, as the film has hopes for Hiroshima for the memorial. This links into the idea that you must confront the horrors of your past. The towns teacher decides to put on a play for an unsung victim of the war as during the earthquake there is show not be kindness showcasing the realty of the situation. The film shows the Chinese confront women who were used by Japanese soldiers, as the film is about giving a voice to the voiceless as they have never met each other and are second generation survivors, as the film is about showing all the victims of the war as their love is shown to be close but very far away. Towards the end of WW2 bombers attacked destroying everything. The film shows the personal story of a guy whose sister was burned by incendiary bombs and his dad carried his sister to the bomb shelter as they were separated another, he was eleven at the time and saw his parents’ daughter burn to death. This shows the horrific atrocities brought about by war and the atomic bomb.
It’s a survivors Reid’s birthday as she states that everyone, but her mother died expect from her brother h wo survived her mum then died and her brother died of cancer, as her mother was burnt to death naked. This shows the horrific atrocities of the atomic bomb destroying people’s lives. A guy’s brother gets charged and he to his hand blown off by a bomb fuse, as a woman talks about how she can’t enjoy the fireworks because of the bomb and her baby died on her back. The main girl finds, and her ex-boyfriend are from the same place as the village was displayed by an earthquake as the person shelved in the house in buried by snow. The film shows the disasters in a film make a better future for the children and therefore they make a fireworks festival. They broke up over nothing more than he was too old as most of the residents came back after the earthquake. She doesn’t want to delve into her past there might be a disaster, but good things will happen. They put on a play about the war about how they had propaganda with a bombed town being removed from the leaflets, people don’t think about the war but it’s necessary for both adults and children to make peace. The bombing is shown in an artificial way as they retell the events in an anti-war style. The B52 bombers then appears as everything gets bombed as people are aggressive as they fear what they don’t understand. The film has a snit science undertone as science kills people linking to nuclear anxieties as people die in the Fukushima melt down. There is the idea of justice in war as they must protect both sides linking with the atomic bombs and Fukushima. This shows the fears of the atomic bombs and nuclear energy is still Japan. The fireworks happened the years the fireworks guy was born to celebrate the pearl harbour victory in japan as there is a weird connection between the two as Japan saw America as childlike a fell in love. The film shows that Japanese culture has been lost in pop culture as Churchill stated peace when the county still lost as the films shows anti-Japanese history linking to the 9/11 attacks.
The fireworks symbolise the friendship between the US and Japan as the residents are to remember peal harbour for both the Japanese and Americans. The film shows a stylistic showcase of japan showcasing the firebombing with people playing the parts. The film shows the artificiality of people going cray and escape into the river. The old woman teaches the young kids a story off the day her and her daughter survived the bomb after they went into the bomb shelter. The film shows that humans are capable of atrocities. The woman’s friend who has a kid says they should make a run for it. They go out onto the river as people are dying and bombs are being dropped everywhere. Everything is on fire with artificial surreal style as they throw water on everything and burnt to death in the bomb shelter showing the atomic bomb anti war theme. The boy is shown pouring water on. everyone so they survive as the earthquake destroyed business making the farming more primitive in a post war society. The committee wants to cancel the fireworks as they listen to people’s comments. One woman lost her sisters daughter in the earthquake as she wants to see the fireworks for her. This shows how people can together after disasters as one in a celebration of unity.
The male characters have lost people to as the fireworks guy is a war veteran showing the atomic bomb themes in the film. The runner guys family shares with the reporter that everyone but his sister died in the bomb as they strive to live despite the hardships as the film shows how individual lives were destroyed in the war. The reporter’s grandad who lived through the war says war is good when you’re winning as they talk about pearl harbour as certain acts should not be forgotten as the film has a fears anti-war stance. The air raid victims died overnight as people draw their memories of the bomb. The film states that there should be no shape of the future. The economy grew but Japan lost its way as the earthquake makes people think how can japan survive. The film states that humans can survive without anything. But now japan has lost itself in overabundance as the earthquake allowed japan to rebuild better than before. The older generation clashes with the younger generation as they debate the prose of the fireworks. One old guy was in a prisoner of war map in Siberia and was starving living of rations and freezing to death. This is soul destroying a friends died but old friends help him turn bombs into fireworks as everyone bonded in the rain.
The firework festival gets cancelled as a record-breaking rainfall for four days as the firework display is submerged. The workforces will ultimately be launched with a message of peace as people work to clear he mud from the field, showcasing how strong the anti-war theme is in the film. Everyone ultimately comes together at the Hiroshima peace ceremony as the fireworks are launched as the war take away people’s dreams showcasing the anti-war themes with the atomic bomb. The journalist’s mum is still afraid of fireworks due to the US as the whole country watched the fireworks as the US launched pearl harbour attacks showcasing the themes of peace and unity in a post war world. They ultimately put on a play about the bomb in the festival. The film shows everyone running from the bombing as the real world and the dream intertwine as the state do not forget about the war as the audiences watches this, so they don’t forget.
This shows how you must keep the memories of the past fresh as not to repeat the same mistakes of the past the atomic bombs the play showcases the personal experiences of people’s lives. The destruction that followed as a response to the atomic bomb decoyed everything in a daze. The doctor wraps a child in a banged and her mum cremates her and wraps her ashes in her diaper as they believe in the Americans sore the Japanese, they wouldn’t be a war. The film shows how atomic war destroys everything its people and causes devastation. This is the story of Hana a girl who only knew her mother and the destruction of war which is shown in an artificial way as the bombs lead to artificial fireworks showing happiness, this shows how something positive can come from the wreckage of war. The film states that although people died in the war and in the earthquake, life goes on as the fireworks in the film are symbolic of hope and how people overcome devastation. The film asks the question should people be celebrating the bomb with firework and concludes people must celebrate a happy occasion. The fireworks show how expiations in Japan can be positive and carry peoples hopes and prayers. The. mum talks to her dead daughter as a spirt of the lake with the lanterns as to remember the dead as the film has a message of building from a despair and being kind in the future. The couple who split up ned up noting meet each the in the end but hey are both happy as the two girls have bonded over gifts, food, and shoes. The film shows that people are connected as the old woman and her younger self are both shown doing the laundry. The film ends with the woman saying goodbye to her past but remembering it as she is satisfied. She returns to Nagasaki to be a mother as the film showcases the connection between everything is to be friendly to each other. The fireworks remember both the American and Japanese victims as they are both equally important and should be remembered.
Casting Blossoms to the Sky is about remembering the atrocities of war on both sides equally. The film is about the importance of not picking a side and instead remembering the past and moving on form it to make a better future.