A Letter from Hiroshima

A Letter from Hiroshima explores themes of apology and remembrance Suwa sends a letter to a Korean actress Kim Hojung he has worked with in the past requesting her assistance to write and direct a film about Hiroshima Hojung arrives at her hotel and is told to explore the city and wait for Suwa Initially confused HoJung soon finds the city mesmerizing and spends days learning about the tragic bombing and the effects that are still felt in the city today With sparse dialogue and just a handful of characters Suwa uses black and white images of Hiroshima to convey the scope of the tragedy In one particularly poignant moment the voice of a mother is heard lamenting the fact that she had scolded her daughter the day of the bombing We next see Hojung crying in her hotel room ignoring the ringing phone