The Day the Sun Fell (2015)
Original title: Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel
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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 DomenigHerselfKiyomi DoiHerself, Aya Domenig's grandmotherShigeru DoiHimself, Aya Domenig's grandfather, Red Cross doctor (archive footage)Sumiko MiyaharaHerself, Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurseChizuko UchidaHerself
Shuntaro HidaHimself, former Imperial Japanese Army doctorHitoshi KaiHimself, chairman of Junod AssociationMai NakataHerself, Fukushima refugeeShoei NakataHimself, Mai Nakata's son, Fukushima refugee
Shinzo AbeHimself, prime minister of JapanMovie DNA
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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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The Day the Sun Fell has a runtime of 79 minutes.
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