The story centers on an elderly hibakusha, whose husband was one of 80,000 human beings killed in the 1945 atomic bombing of Nagasaki, caring for her four grandchildren over the summer. She learns of a long-lost brother, Suzujiro, living in Hawaii who wants her to visit him before he dies.
| Directing | Akira Kurosawa | Director |
| Editing | Akira Kurosawa | Editor |
| Art | Yoshirō Muraki | Production Design |
| Camera | Shôji Ueda | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Takao Saitō | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Shinichirô Ikebe | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kiyoko Murata | Novel |
| Writing | Akira Kurosawa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ishirō Honda | Screenplay |
| Production | Hisao Kurosawa | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazuko Kurosawa | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kazu Hiro | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Production | Toru Okuyama | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tameyuki Aimi | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yumiko Fujii | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yamada Katsura | Wig Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sakai Nakao | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Norio Sano | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shoshichiro Ueda | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Vittorio Dalle Ore | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Ishirō Honda | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Takashi Koizumi | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Naohito Sakai | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tsuyoshi Sugino | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Toru Tanaka | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Okihiro Yoneda | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Kenichi Benitani | Sound |
| Sound | Soichi Inoue | Sound Assistant |
| Sound | Ichirô Minawa | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Masatoshi Saito | Sound Effects Editor |
