[Music] on december 7 1941 japan's attack on pearl harbor had launched the war in the pacific now three and a half years later the japanese have seen the tide of battle turn against them the americans have leapfrogged across the pacific sweeping the japanese before them japan's imperial fleet has been neutralized its air force overpowered from the island air bases they now control the americans b-29 flying fortresses are able to strike at the japanese home islands a systematic firebombing campaign is launched against cities and industrial centers it is the most devastating attack against civilian targets ever carried out meanwhile in america robert oppenheimer and other scientists have spent three years working in secrecy to develop a new type of bomb they have at last succeeded but their achievement is not yet known to the world and certainly not to the citizens of hiroshima in the summer of 1945 oh clear the enemy has gone all clear all clear the enemy has gone well come on hmm i'm still hungry i'm chill we've worked to do first is this meat almost ready for harvesting i can't wait i'm gonna eat so much bread bread and bread and bread until yup look at it boys it's life begins in the coldest season of the year the rain pounds it the wind blows it it's crushed beneath people's feet but still the weed spreads its roots and grows it survives so let the wheat be an example to you my boys right we're sick of that donald story [Laughter] [Music] [Music] oh me you do my mother and me great honor by coming here and wishing me well on my service to the emperor go and fight bravely oh yama banzai bonsai banzai [Music] [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Music] one scoop of rice and a tiny bowl i'm hungry me too i'm so hungry i'm dizzy me i could eat a whole goal yeah me too if you've got a ration stamp today's your lucky day this soup so thick you can stand your chopsticks up in it there's rice oh look at that there hasn't been this much rice around for weeks i'm sorry boys not today there's no more ration stamps we just have to be patient we're starving get out of my way just what makes you think you can cut in line you wake your turn around isn't that terrible father grown men fighting over a bowl of soup if they're gonna fight it should be over some fish mother we're back what's to eat i'm starving there might be something hmm let's see you were hiding something up there weren't you sweet potato hey wait a minute shinji aren't you gonna share it no it's mine come back here it's not yours no you'll just eat it all give me it i'm not kidding [Music] we're supposed to share and you know it don't you dare give it to me [Music] you're gonna get it you're such [Music] okay now [Music] hey that's mine give it a go you know that this is supposed to be for mother what do you mean for her why'd she give it to us then oh she was just being nice you know mother needs to be strong for the baby that's coming so if you eat this potato the baby will die now do you both still say you want it echo huh go on it's all right dear let your brothers have it but mother it's not fair the baby needs it more than they do here you take it please eat it for the baby oh now stop it you two oh come on you'll get something later you know dear it's a terrible thing having to watch your children go hungry and what's worse nowadays there's hardly any food to be bought even if we had the money we'll just have to be patient that's all oh huh don't worry it's just her baby moving around in there it tickled me what again know what that means don't you it's strong a healthy one it's a healthy one all ooh it's god's beard what is it what are you laughing at the baby's moving it wants to come out it's moving how it hasn't been born [Music] it's moving that's funny you know what i think it must be a boy you can never tell until it's born well i can't wait oh you just want another little brother to boss around huh well you can't have this one again cause if he's a boy he's gonna be my little brother so i suppose you'll boss him around and i'd hate to think what you'll teach him it'd frighten me half to death see you'd be a bad example for the baby [Music] i didn't mean it i was only joking you're a good boy shinji i know you'll be a good brother to the baby [Music] when's he coming hmm come on out little brother hurry up [Music] [Music] wake up children [Music] to your shelters everyone in this shelter echo bring your brothers now oh no come on again we gotta go wait shinji up come on shinji come on just leave him to me ako i'll wake him up oh shinji wow right shinji look at it all and see there's lots of them real noodles hey what's going on this bowl's empty you ate them all [Music] we're supposed to share oh yeah our food what is going on here don't know oh [Music] again hurry up boy suppose you want one to land on your head is that what you want it's just another spy plane they never drop bombs on us we're too boring how can you say that have you forgotten the child from the 400 block who was shot [Music] [Applause] [Music] tokyo yokohama nagoya osaka even okinawa all of japan is in danger if it doesn't end soon our country will become a wasteland this is no time for games it's serious again i won't have you making light of it there's one thing that bothers me it's like you said every major city around us has been bombed over and over again but never hiroshima the enemy has gone all clear the enemy has gone all clear the enemy there you return to your homes see i knew it was just another spy plane another false alarm oh safe and so oh mother are you all right is it the baby kimi what's wrong oh just a little dizzy mother boys go and fetch the doctor right hey go make up the bed yes father kimi hang on it won't be long the doctor should be coming in no time again hey hey again is mother really gonna die oh no mother's dying shut up i swear mother's not going to die [Music] wake up doctor wake up our mother needs help hurry up wake up she's got my little brother in her tummy doctor slow down boys slow down i'll die of a heart attack before we get there you should have thought of that before you got so fat our mother's sick and if you don't make her better you'll be sorry will she be all right she's suffering from severe malnutrition there's nothing i can do if she gets plenty to eat her strength will return and she should be fine of course that's easier said than done it seems we don't have enough food or medicine for anybody i'm sorry this is serious we've got to do something it's really serious we've really got to do something [Music] do [Music] what is it echo what's the it's matter that the last of the rice is gone father we have no money to buy anymore don't worry something will come along we'll find the money we just have to keep at it and finish our work then maybe we'll get paid what we're old echo you mustn't overdo it you're not very strong oh i'm all right i'm sure [Music] hey come here again what is it has anybody ever eaten a worm eating a worm yeah like this caterpillar i don't know why if they won't make you sick then mother could eat them hmm idiot good morning boys i heard noises last night hi mr pat everything all right has the baby come our mother's sick the doctor he said she's got malnutrition that's terrible and just when she needs all her strength you know somebody once told me that carp's blood is the best thing for a woman in her condition huh carp like the fish yeah gee i sure didn't know any of that stuff about carbs blood you know if we could just catch one for her mother would get all better so let's do it yes sir sergeant captain move out company forward [Music] so [Music] uh [Music] any sign of the enemy negative sir [Music] hey look look i think i got one that was fast he must be hungry too i'm going in after it wow got him shinji see i can't believe it victory now let's take him home don't forget to tell father who caught it [Music] cut out of here thirty little thieves the color of that fish you can hit me again sir really you can hit me as much as you like go on but just let us keep the fish when you're done please sir that's right you can hit me as much as you want to but give us a fish go on i'm ready will you tell me why you boys want that blasted carp it's for our mother sir she's going to have a baby and she's not very well and our neighbor mr pax said carp blood's the only thing that will help without it my mother will get worse or even she could die now you wouldn't want my mother to die would you oh please help please save up you won't oh no you're mean and heartless her ghost will come back and haunt you till you die how does the old saying go be good to your parents while you can very well keep it look i'm giving you the damn fish now go you you mean it remember if you lie old man you'll go straight to hell honey i was just about to say the same thing to you two then i guess you don't [Music] if you boys stole it you know what i'll do to you we didn't the old man gave it to us don't you believe us we should cook and give it to mother it's the best thing for a woman in her condition hurry up and cook it now echo you heard them [Laughter] will mother get better now sure she will at least i hope she will you two boys shouldn't have to worry about such things seems i'll just have to work harder i'd like to know if we'll ever have enough food will we huh yes son when the war is over well but when will it be over it won't be long japan has all but lost the war why do we keep on fighting then if we've already lost the war why because our government is run by madmen yes they're just stupid crazy father you shouldn't say stuff like that they might call you a traitor or something coward traitor those words mean nothing to me actually come to think of it i'm proud if they want to call me those things this war can't be right but it's only the cowards like me who dare to say it if there were only a few more like us you know sometimes it takes a lot more courage not to fight than to fight to not want to kill when all around you are calling out for blood that's real courage in my book and if you boys remember nothing else that i teach you i hope you'll remember that all right uh father what is it i just wanted to say i love you father yeah i want to say i love you too father i know are you sure you don't mind i should be sharing this with all of you don't be silly mother you're not well and you're eating for two now don't forget you're right well how is it it's delicious hello shinji why the big grin son a secret shinji what did you say to make mother cry like that gee all i did was ask if i could suck on the fish bones when she was done with them you're kidding you asked her that yeah that was it idiot what was that for how come you're always hitting me hurry up gingy come on i'm gonna tell on you father echo yes mr pack here i brought a little something for you and your family take it oh rise it isn't much mr peck thank you we sure did a good job getting that car didn't we yeah mother will be all better again in no time hello never thought that old grouch would come to our house i bet he's gonna tell father all about how we tried to steal his carp and father will get mad at his warning i had no idea i'm sorry the boys will be punished sir i can assure you oh no please you misunderstand me i didn't come here for that i admire the boys such high spirits such devotion to you and their mother you have good sons though nakaoka i envy you though i'm sure they're quite a handful of times what'll we do well what do you think prepare to get hit he wouldn't do that woody there you are well then come in and sit down again huh [Music] sure never thought i'd be getting a piece of cake out of this [Music] hey we did good right that old fish is not so bad after all yeah i like that old guy maybe we all let him join our platoon i might even give him a medal [Music] on that day at 2 45 a.m three american b-29s took off from an air base on tinian in the marianas two of them were observation planes the third was the enola gay named for the captain's mother mother let me do the washing you're still not well it's okay if i rest too long i'm liable to get lazy father isn't this the greatest boat you ever saw again made it for me did he really the minute he's home from school we're gonna take it to the river are you won't that be fun enemy planes again it's so early [Music] all clear the enemy has gone all clear the enemy has gone all clear the enemy has gone i'll bet you it's another spy plane well that's a b-29 vapor trail oh look how clear this guy is it'll be hot today plane easily calling in ola calling in ola weather's fair and clear over hiroshima you are go for bomb run roger easily standing right a drop on target i better get going or i'll be late for school see you later you're coming right home after school because we're going down to the river right right promise i promise [Music] father ako you won't believe this what is it good look at all the ants where are they coming from i've never seen so many i wonder why [Music] b29 yeah gee and it's all alone what's it doing probably a spy mission it's very strange so why isn't the air raid siren going on i don't know [Music] nearing 3 600 feet we've got a fix on the target sir standing by to release payload roger release the bomb releasing [Music] bomb [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] wow what happened how'd i end up here i guess they finally decided to blame us what a mess ah hang on i'm coming she's dead hey somebody help [Music] [Applause] is anybody here [Music] ah [Applause] [Music] what's happened are they ghosts or what fire my house my house is on fire [Music] oh please not my house i'm coming father mother echo hey shitty where are you is anyone here where are you hey father oh my sweet boy you're alive [Applause] hurry up again it's [Music] i'm scared that's enough go on get away what are you saying get out now go while you can no darling no i won't never kimian listen to me you've got to go while you can i would rather die you're talking like a fool you've got dan and the baby to think of now no i won't i will never leave you again you know what you have to do now son what do you want me to do mother get your mother out of here no no father i won't do it i'm scared it's okay [Music] mother please it's up to you to look after your mother and the baby from now on they're going to need you boy i know you do your best [Music] everybody [Music] they're all burning up my family burning they're burning like on fire are you all right mother here leave your mother to me come on get moving [Applause] um [Music] oh well you should be safe here for the moment again i have to go now take care of your mother good luck thank you what's the matter huh it's coming now it's time the baby you must try to find a doctor or midwife again all right and they'll need to have a basin that holds lots of water and some strips of any clean cloth you're able to find right a pair of scissors and thread what are the scissors for mother somebody will have to cut the cord is there a doctor or a midwife around anywhere is anyone a doctor i need a doctor listen to me my mother's having a baby doesn't anybody know a doctor everything's gone crazy there's nobody to help me what do i do now what do i do i'm sorry mother i looked everywhere but i couldn't find anyone to help at all well we'll do it ourselves you and me mother but that's impossible you must try my boy all right i'll try first of all fetch some water oh be sure to have some rags ready again you'll have to wash the baby once it's born i'm ready don't worry [Music] you've got to be very careful about holding up its head the baby doesn't look like me i guess it's a girl mother but it really looks more like a little monkey all babies do you did too oh well i guess you'll turn out to be real pretty then listen here i'm the one who brought you to life so you better thank me when you grow up and you better do everything i tell you [Music] okay they're going to need you boy it's up to you to look after them now it's gonna be a boy and he's gonna be my little brother father are you there aiko shinji the baby's here everybody can you see her is a girl you were wrong shinji it's a girl what's happening why why why she's the prettiest girl in the whole wide world and you never got to see her again give her to me dear let me hold her take a good look around little one look closely you see this is the war that killed your father remember it what in the world it's raining stop it stop it stop it what why that's not right mother have you ever seen rain that's black like this this black rain began falling on the northwest section of the city the impact of the bomb's blast had sent dust debris and radiation high into the atmosphere where it gathered in a gigantic lethal cloud before returning to the earth as radioactive rain the bomb that had fallen on the city detonated with a destructive force of 20 000 tons of tnt and generated temperatures in excess of four thousand degrees some sixty percent of the city had vanished but the damage did not end there the people of hiroshima did not know it yet but the bombs after effects such as the black grain bring them many years of suffering those people can't they be quiet how am i supposed to sleep oh perhaps if we took them some water go [Music] i don't understand why what's making them die they died when they drank could something be wrong with the water we've got to stop them from drinking water the fierce craving to quench their thirst was the one overpowering instinct that kept many alive after the blast but when given water their thirst quenched at last many gave up the struggle and died on the spot mother what are we gonna do well let me see now we've no place to go really all our relatives will be dead or if not they'll be no better off than we are frankly son i don't know what we're going to do i'm finding it difficult to think clearly i don't have any milk that's bad mother babies need milk to live we've eaten nothing for three days and my milk has dried up when mothers go hungry their babies go hungry too i really must try to find some food for her sake you just leave everything to me what do you mean what can you do now it's up to me to see that we have food goodbye again [Music] father said it's up to me now i will ever let you die you won't have to worry i'll protect you [Music] but where am i gonna find food around here hey where'd you get that rice my mom and baby sister are hungry there's army trucks distributing food you haven't seen them oh that's great where are they ah forget it find them yourself i got this rice ball down by the bridge by the bridge gee i know where that is an army truck right wait do you have any more rice [Music] dead bodies nothing else get that fire started we gotta burn them before they rock my god there's just so many of them when will it stop the smell is awful there must be more dead people here than live ones [Music] hey look at this a fireman's hat those soldiers are so mean they're just treating those people like bags of trash it's almost as if they never lived at all maybe this is what hell's like look at all these damn maggots i didn't even notice them when they start moving around in there it's just like crazy do you think it's all right to eat them are you crazy it's no time to talk about food please can somebody help me is there anyone here who can help me feed my baby she needs milk she's starving oh please [Music] please isn't there anybody who can help me with just a little milk my baby story stay quiet let it die it's better off what what do you say you're mad to say that all right then i will kill it for you give it to me oh please [Music] take all i have you still have milk i can't believe i really said those terrible things it's just that your baby reminded me of my own she's dead now over there i have no one to drink my milk your baby is welcome to all i have left thank you you're lucky my child so very lucky everybody's dead everything's gone how come you're shivering when it's so hot do you feel sick or something i'm freezing must have could've chill from the ring hey i think you wet your pants shut up you stupid little brat what are you talking about the blood must have said in something hey somebody cut funny holes in your hair listen kid i'll put some holes in you if you don't oh my god what's happening [Music] what's wrong [Music] help help i need help get up i got you come on up up you know i don't think this is gonna work there hey that's a pretty clever stretcher huh hang in there you'll be fine does anybody know where the hospital is [Music] [Applause] only to those who show some chance of recovery yes sir we don't have enough medicine for them let alone all these others hey somebody should look at this soldier he's hurt real bad i think another one young man do you know if he was vomiting blood or complaining that he was cold right ah then i guess that means you know what's wrong then no use looking at this one this soldier's dead god help us is it possible that one bomb could have created all this devastation the initial explosion of the atomic bomb claimed more than 100 000 lives but that was only the beginning the radiation remained contaminating soldiers cleaning up the city as well as those relatives of the victims who came looking for them for years afterwards these people would suffer from leukemia and cancer part of the collateral damage inflicted by the bomb [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] damn it damn it damn it damn it what the rice but it's like charcoal this must have been some kind of storehouse what a waste all this rice for people to eat and it's all been burnt to a crisp damn it uh this looks fine i found a gold mine there's more rice that we'll ever be able to eat and then i found some pickled radishes too mother you and the baby will never have to go hungry ever really again you've done well thank you seems like you've been busy too she's sleeping huh isn't it about time we choose a name for her i think you're right our daughter should have a name look across the river every day i see more and more fires they're burning the dead there's so many dead out there mother so many it's just too much it's horrible yes it is ken mother what i hope she always has friends lots and lots of friends why don't we call her tomoko yes that means friend very good well that's it then you're tomoko ken what's happened to your hair those bald spots what are you talking about oh oh no my hair this soldier's dead god help us is it possible that one bomb could have created all this devastation don't let it happen to me mother i don't want to die i don't want to die you're not going to die do you hear you're not going to die after the bombing of hiroshima the united states issued an ultimatum calling on japan to surrender and threatening to drop a second atomic bomb if it did not the japanese high command ignored the warning [Music] they made certain the full extent of the damage to hiroshima was little reported three days later on august 9th another b-29 appeared in the sky above the city of nagasaki japan's high command was convinced at last on august 15th the emperor hirohito in the first public address ever made by a japanese sovereign announced that the war was over [Music] [Applause] [Music] sorry [Music] [Music] what is it mother your father sister and brother they've all been taken away from us haven't they that's right all of them are dead mother what's the matter mister what are you crying for the emperor announced it on the radio just now japan has been defeated we've lost the war we've surrendered tell me why now why not before it's all right come on mother don't cry we're gonna be okay trust me i've already started planning what to do and i know the first thing we're gonna need a house [Music] she needs milk not this porridge i never thought it possible but we're running out of rice too hand it to me come and eat now if i could only find some work but it's hopeless wearing quite a fix don't worry mother i'll think of something what are you doing who are you hey come here you little thing if i wasn't so hungry i'd beat you to a pulp so what don't you think we're hungry too mother look at this boy look at his face hey you sure your face what are you doing it's shinji whoever shinji is i'm not him you look just like my little brother i'm not no of course you're not he's dead my name's ryuta kondo and i haven't eaten all week then i smelled your food and i was so hungry that where's your family ryuta they were all killed in the explosion you know you look exactly like my little brother well i'm not i'm ryuda here you can have my rice if you want you'd give it to me go on take it you mean i could have all of it hmm slow down you'll make yourself sick no then you might want to bath i won't want it back honest why should i believe you just relax he really looks like shinji where have you lived since the bomb fell my boy out in the open somewhere if you're still hungry you're welcome to finish mine sit down over here you you really mean it of course i mean mother he even behaves like shinji see it is remarkable again i've heard it said everyone has five doubles of him or herself still that he should have found us it's uncanny is there anymore there's nothing in there [Music] somehow it seems like he belongs here i know what you mean are you thinking what i'm thinking well you know we're having a difficult enough time making ends meet as it is but still if shin sheep were alive oh it's all right then wow that was the best i'm almost not hungry ryuta what we've been thinking would you like to have a real home again yeah you want to stay here and live with us be part of our family stay in live with you i won't be much help i'm only a kid but i can give you a back rub daddy always said i was a good back rubber that's very kind of you but you don't have to we're not asking for anything in return child you'll just be one of the family really gee gee thanks [Laughter] [Music] that's all right you go right on and cry don't worry about her your baby looks funny is it sick yeah male nutrition that means she's not getting enough to eat she needs milk hey i've got an idea [Music] hey will anybody give us a job anybody got a job for us anybody any kind of job at all any job at all nobody looks the least bit interested no big brother wait a minute ryuta what did you just call me big brother what's wrong with that not a thing say it again big brother again big brother but why do you like being called that yes you want me to say it some more then big brother my big brother again hey listen everybody this is my big brother my big idiot you boys did you mean it when you said you'd take any kind of job yep you've got something why yes i believe i have if you lads would like to make 10 yen a day 10 yen yeah of course we would well then come with me is this your house it's so bad you boys will have to be quiet now look daddy's found two more boys they won't last long this is where you will work it really shakes what's in here feels like an outing this place is disgusting it's full of worms and flies is that guy sad brother i've found two more boys to look after you ask them to do anything they're certainly being paid well enough wait easel see that he's well taken care of come back can't we talk for a while brother i knew they'd do that it won't be long now they stuck him in there till he dies i guess what should we do about him 10 yen will buy a lot of milk yes so you buzzards does he mean us looks that way get these maggots off me and clean up around here now yes sir whatever you say you know maggots may be white but to me they're just filthy little worms yeah right cleaning up this mess is sure a whole lot of fun they usually run off by now those boys are crazy girls how many times have i told you to stay away from your uncle you don't want to be infected do you my dear i'm tired of his being here sajo should be in a hospital the hospitals are already overflowing with bomb victims like him with all your money he'd have the very best of care you must try not to resent his presence in our home he's my brother and therefore my responsibility oh you are such a hypocrite you know you loathe going near him as much as i do and it's no wonder he stinks he looks ghastly and he's always roaring and shouting like some kind of savage the neighbors act like we live in a haunted house at least think of the girls if nothing else it will be a blessing for all of us if he dies soon huh you idiot what was that all about what were you trying to do tear my skin off i try to be careful but those maggots keep getting stuck to the scabs like they've been glowing i don't want to hear it you'll just have to be more careful you little buzzard listen here you think anyone will stop me if i ring his neck wait calm down quickly fetch me that gray book on the desk buzzard why are you calling me that my name's dan i'm not a buzzard that's right my name's ryuta condo you're just a couple of buzzards living off my rotting flesh scavengers all of you you're no different from the others oh wait we really need the 10 yen right allow me here you go now go get it oh my you dropped it bring me some water over here i'm thirsty here's your book pick it up leave it we'll never get her 10 yen now oh forget about the 10 yen it's nowhere near enough take that and that you're just a spoiled brat even if you are a grown-up now i know why they stuck you out here all by yourself we're leaving yeah we quit wait don't go again ryuta calling us by our names isn't gonna help it's too late i'm uh sorry i hit you no no i'm glad that you did come on you like being slapped around that's kind of weird you want to slap him this time my pleasure that's right that's right hit me i won't mind wait a minute it's not normal to want to be hit when you've gone without human contact as long as i have you're grateful for anything even a slap it's funny how people change my brother and his family used to enjoy my company before the bomb did this to me now they've all left me out here to die [Music] my only visitors are the people my brother has paid to look after me and none of them has ever lasted very long you were the only ones to treat me as something more than a freak or a corpse you treated me like a human being and for that i'm grateful ryuta yeah big brother you go tell mother where i am and you i'm gonna stay for a while okay i understand i'll tell her bye again oh don't worry i'm not gonna run off thanks stop that come on now no more crying the only way you're ever gonna get better is to laugh a little less like this don't do that the boy's right i can't just give up i never thought i'd be able to paint again but i won't know if i don't [Music] try it's no use i can't i can't you can't quit you can do it yeah keep trying don't give up now all right all right i'll try here you go 100 yen 100 i might almost say that it's a miracle what you've done for my brother i'm very grateful to you for making him happy again seriously my brother said that he sure did and he gave us enough money to buy all the milk we'll ever need glad to hear it will you two come again sure we'll come to check up on you remember never give up don't worry i never will you children have shown me that nothing is impossible nothing oh sweet potatoes for breakfast sweet potatoes for lunch we eat sweet potatoes we eat them until we burst and then we fart like a couple of pigs that's what we do like a couple of pigs all right who wants something milk ladies and gentlemen i've got it and it's yours for a price who wants milk who wants milk this is powdered milk better than fresh really straight from america well don't be shy how about you okay mister i'll buy some of your milk yeah you got any money on you little boy i've got money see well you've definitely got the cash i hope you're hungry because we're coming with lots and lots we got the milk we got the milk we got the milk the milk patrolling the rescue did you never go hungry again we'll never go hungry again [Laughter] mother hello mother look you'll never guess what we've got it's milk can you believe it we bought it in the market it's in cans from america it's better than yes just look at all of it tomoko should be happy mission accomplished captain good work soldier bonsai company eyes left well come on say something too late too late open your eyes no you can't die you can't die little sister not when we've got all this milk for you could you just wait a little longer [Music] don't go little sister oh don't go how can you go without saying goodbye [Music] it's not not fair i did everything i could why didn't i tried father really echoed shinji i just couldn't save tomoko i'm sorry [Music] i heard this man saying the grass won't grow here again for another 70 years do you think that's true it's hard to believe it's possible what's gonna happen to us hmm are you gonna be sad forever big brother don't you see at least we're still alive don't worry i'll get it i'll get it got it hey get over here look what i found come here what is it look something's growing yeah it's weak the wheat's coming up again it's life begins in the coldest season of the year the rain pounds it the wind blows it it's crushed beneath people's feet but still the wheat spreads its roots and grows it survives learn from it grow big and strong and let nothing beat you down can you see it father the weight's growing again [Music] nothing could kill it not the fires rays or diseases or nothing who said nothing would grow for 70 years what did he know right again hey what's happening to your head my hair i can feel it my hair's growing back again hey maybe tamoka gave you all her hair after she died do you think tomoko it's got to be i know it yeah yeah maybe you're right little brother this way i'll always have a part of tomoko with me isn't it great the wheat's growing your hair is growing and even nothing down there you idiot i'm gonna tell mother [Music] don't worry father i'll never give up i'll grow up big and strong and you'll be proud of me you wait and see you are coming right home after school big brother don't forget okay cause we're going down to the river right what is that you're making again a boat yeah [Music] okay shinji here's your boat you ready we're finally gonna put it in the river like we said are you ready ryuta ready how about you mother are you ready ready [Music] my [Music] okay [Music] is [Music] um [Music] m [Music] [Music] me [Music] them [Music] m [Music] [Music] you [Music] you