
Sakura-tai Chiru
★ 6.8 · 1988 · 113m · Documentary · Drama
A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for the staging of a play just before the atomic bombing.
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