Tako ni Natta Okaasan

In the summer of 1945, Katchan’s mother tries to preserve a little security for her son despite hunger, his father’s absence and the pressures of war. An air raid then turns their town into an expanse of fire, cutting off their escape to shelter.

With nowhere safe to go, she shields him beneath her body and uses her own sweat and tears to protect his skin from the heat. As the disaster closes around them, her determination to keep him alive draws on the last strength she has left.