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The Day the Sun Fell (2015)

Overview

Tracing the past of her deceased grandfather who worked as a young doctor in the Red Cross hospital of HirSwiss-Japanese filmmaker Aya Domenig, the granddaughter of a doctor on duty during the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima, approaches the experience of her deceased grandfather by tracing the lives of a doctor and of former nurses who once shared the same experience. While gathering the memories and present views of these last survivors, the nuclear disaster in Fukushima strikes and history seems to repeat itself.oshima after the atomic bomb was dropped over the city, the filmmaker encounters doctors and nurses who went through similar experiences to his at the time. Right up until his death in 1991, her grandfather was never able to speak about his experiences, but the formidable stories and openness of her protagonists bring her closer to his past.
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Aya Domenig profile
Aya Domenig

Director

Cast

Aya Domenig profile
Aya Domenig

Self

Kiyomi Doi profile
Kiyomi Doi

Self - Aya's grandmother

Shigeru Doi profile
Shigeru Doi

Self - Aya's grandfather, Red Cross doctor (archive footage)

Sumiko Miyahara profile
Sumiko Miyahara

Self - Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse

Chizuko Uchida profile
Chizuko Uchida

Self

Shuntaro Hida profile
Shuntaro Hida

Self - Former Imperial Japanese Army doctor

Hitoshi Kai profile
Hitoshi Kai

Self - Chairman of Junod Association

Mai Nakata profile
Mai Nakata

Self - Fukushima refugee

Shoei Nakata profile
Shoei Nakata

Self - Mai Nakata's son, Fukushima refugee

Shinzo Abe profile
Shinzo Abe

Self - Prime minister of Japan

Aya Domenig profile
Aya Domenig

Self

Kiyomi Doi profile
Kiyomi Doi

Self - Aya's grandmother

Shigeru Doi profile
Shigeru Doi

Self - Aya's grandfather, Red Cross doctor (archive footage)

Sumiko Miyahara profile
Sumiko Miyahara

Self - Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse

Chizuko Uchida profile
Chizuko Uchida

Self

Shuntaro Hida profile
Shuntaro Hida

Self - Former Imperial Japanese Army doctor

Hitoshi Kai profile
Hitoshi Kai

Self - Chairman of Junod Association

Mai Nakata profile
Mai Nakata

Self - Fukushima refugee

Shoei Nakata profile
Shoei Nakata

Self - Mai Nakata's son, Fukushima refugee

Shinzo Abe profile
Shinzo Abe

Self - Prime minister of Japan

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Release Date

August 9, 2015

Original Language

German, Japanese

Budget

$0.00

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