Radio

A giant earthquake and tsunami wreaked unprecedented havoc in northeastern Japan on 11.3.2011. Ten months have passed since then, and Shigeharu, the vice-president of a fish-paste company, is worried about a high-school student named Bo, who has shut herself in her room in temporary housing and refuses to engage with the world. To help her break out of her shell, he urges her to become an announcer on the local temporary radio station Onagawa Disaster FM. Bo is initially awkward at public speaking. She starts a blog that helps her express her feelings. A middle-aged man named Tobimatsu, who is from the same town as Bo but now lives in Tokyo, begins listening to the broadcasts online. Bo’s interaction with Tobimatsu and her fellow radio broadcasters helps her gradually recover her emotional health, and she begins to look toward to the future with hope. This drama is based on a true story.