Movie Settings Database

Matouqin Nocturne

Where:

Hiroshima Prefecture

When:

The 1940s

The roundness of the top and bottom is the roundness of reincarnation. — A baby, John, who was abandoned in the church with a horse-headed koto on his side. His grandfather was once a Morin Khuur player and died in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The brilliantly colored images have an avant-garde charm while hiding the sadness of the war, and will grab the viewer's heart.

Released in 2007 — 55 minutes

Language:

Japanese