She was only a year old in 1991 when the massive volcanic eruption from Mount Unzen’s Fugendake peak killed her father, Makio, 31, a cameraman for Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK). She is his only ...

The film “Worlds Apart” opens with 15-year-old Asa meeting her aunt, Makio, at the hospital where the teen’s parents have been declared dead. Asa (played by Ikoi Hayase) and Makio (Yui ...