Back in August 2015, Ryuichi Sakamoto announced he would be returning to work, creating the soundtrack to the film Haha to Kuraseba (English title, Nagasaki : Memories of My Son) a film by the great Japanese director Yoji Yamada. So, here it is, orchestral and piano in typical Sakamoto style. August 9th, 1948. Nobuko (Sayuri Yoshinsga), a midwife in Nagasaki, is stunned when she is suddenly visited by her son Koji (Kazunari Ninomiya), who she thought had died three years ago when an atomic bomb fell on the city. That same day, she had stood before his grave and told herself, 'In that instant, he was gone. It's time to let him go...'
1. Nagasaki : Memories Of My Son - Title 2. B29 3. August 9th 11: 02am 4. At The Graveyard 5. Ghost 6. How Are You?` 7. Koji`s Room 8. 78 Rpm 9. Raindrops 10. After The Rain 11. Machiko 12. Giving Up 13. I Can`t Take It` 14. Killed In The War 15. Soul Of The Dead Brother 16. Human-induced Tragedy 17. Mp 18. Koji`s Aria 19. Pastoral 20. Sweet Memories 21. Machiko`s Aria 22. Nobuko 23. Dr. Kawakami 24. A Hug 25. Funereal 26. Nagasaki : Memories Of My Son - Requiem 27. Nagasaki : Memories Of My Son - Pf 28. Nagasaki : Memories Of My Son - Title W.pf
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