Childhood Days

Shinji (a young boy evacuated from Tokyo) and his new schoolmates (who are villagers) don’t exactly know what is going on in the war. They see the B-29 bombers, but the problems of being separated from one’s mother and surviving among one’s peers loom larger than international politics.
(Source: MUBI)
~~ Adapted from the novel "The Long Road" (長い道) by Kashiwabara Hyozo (柏原兵三).