Filmed during the fiftieth anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, de Putter's appropriately mournful documentary reveals stories of those who survived the bomb. A reporter who returns to Nagasaki, others who never left-de Putter records their impressions and recollections, interspersed with images of the city itself. “The almost whispering atmosphere of the film reminds us of Ozu,” wrote Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad of this reverential film, a sobering companion piece to the Doctor Atomic series, and an essential historical document.