hibakusha
8 movies and shows
Black Rain
Sat, 13 May 1989
Shigematsu Shizuma, who lives with his family in a village near Fukuyama, was in Hiroshima with his wife and niece just after the devastating atomic bombing, a tragedy that cruelly took the lives of thousands of people and forever marked the harsh existence of the survivors.
Barefoot Gen 2
Sat, 14 Jun 1986
Three years after the Hiroshima bombing, a teenager helps a group of orphans to survive and find their new life.
Twice: The Extraordinary Life of Tsutomu Yamaguchi
Tue, 05 Jan 2010
Tsutomu Yamaguchi is a hibakusha. A survivor of both atomic bomb blasts in 1945. First at Hiroshima, then again at Nagasaki. Now nearing 90, Yamaguchi finally speaks out. Breaking taboos of shame and sorrow, he responds to a call to fight for a world without nuclear weapons by telling his story, so that no one else will ever have to tell one like it again. Twice reconstructs Yamaguchi’s experiences in 1945 Japan, interviews him on the after-effects of exposure and documents the last five years of the late-blooming activist’s life.
Summer Lights
Tue, 20 Sep 2016
On the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Akihiro, a native Japanese filmmaker living in Paris, travels to Japan to interview survivors for a documentary commemorating the victims of the attack. Deeply moved by the interviews, he decides to take a break to wander through the city during which he meets Michiko, a merry, enigmatic young woman. Michiko takes him for a joyful and improvised journey from the city towards the sea where the horrors of the past are mingled with the simplicity of the present.
No More Hibakusha!
Wed, 09 Feb 1983
Survivors of the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki travel to New York for a UN conference on disarming nuclear weapons.
It Is Good to Live
Fri, 06 Jul 1956
A documentary about the survivors of attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Hiroshima - Nagasaki
Tue, 06 Aug 2024
Voices from Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who was twice exposed to the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and later became a storyteller, as well as those who continue the storyteller activities with his daughters, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and other people who were twice exposed to the atomic bombs. How will a storyteller who was not involved in the story pass on the memories in the future?
The Lost Generation
Sat, 06 Mar 1982
Documentary about the victims and effects in the Hiroshima bombing. Part of the "Ten-Feet Movement"