The film touches on the tragedy that befell Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki on March 11, 2011. But Sato said another intention of the film is to break the stereotype on how survivors of the ...

Okawa Elementary School in Miyagi Prefecture was swallowed by a tsunami after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Seventy-four students and 10 teachers died or remain missing. The teachers kept ...