Hiroshima 28

Filmed on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Hiroshima 28 was the first all-Hong Kong crew to make a feature in Japan. Lung Kong anchors a bittersweet melodrama in the historical milieu in the months following the horrific events of August 6, 1945. Josephine Siao—a star whose career had become synonymous with the filmmaker’s work over the past decade—plays a young tour guide to a Hong Kong reporter researching the tragic effects of the atom bomb, their journey forming an odyssey through the city’s ruins.

Director: Patrick Lung Kong

Cast: Josephine Siao Fong-Fong, Charlie Chin Chiang-Lin, Lisa Chiao Chiao, Guan Shan, Maggie Lee, Chin Chuan, Patrick Lung Kong, Tang Ching

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.