She sees a beggar and recognises him as Iwakichi , a former servant of her parents, now burned on the face and partially blind.
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It was after the 1968 Democratic convention and there was a casting call for a film with several roles for the kind of young people who had disrupted the convention.
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She offers to take Iwakichi and his grandson back with her, but Iwakichi refuses, running away.
However, Tarō still refuses to leave his grandfather.
The film commemorates the hibakusha people and highlights how they were ostracized in Japanese society through characters who are refused work due to their visible injuries caused by the bombs and the radiation.
Tarō leaves Hiroshima together with Takako, carrying his grandfather's ashes.