The Day the Sun Fell 2015
7.9 / 10
The Day the Sun Fell
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.
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... Herself
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Kiyomi Doi... Herself, Aya Domenig's grandmother
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Shigeru Doi... Himself, Aya Domenig's grandfather, Red Cross doctor (archive footage)
... Herself, Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse
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... Himself, former Imperial Japanese Army doctor
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Release Date:
Aug 09, 2015 (Finland,Japan,Switzerland)
Run Time:
1hr 19`
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Original Language:
German
Production Countries:
Finland,Japan,Switzerland
Status:
Released
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Aya Domenig... Director
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Aya Domenig... Herself
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Kiyomi Doi... Herself, Aya Domenig's grandmother
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Shigeru Doi... Himself, Aya Domenig's grandfather, Red Cross doctor (archive footage)
... Herself, Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse
... Herself
... Himself, former Imperial Japanese Army doctor
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Hitoshi Kai... Himself, chairman of Junod Association
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Mai Nakata... Herself, Fukushima refugee
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Shoei Nakata... Himself, Mai Nakata's son, Fukushima refugee
... Himself, prime minister of Japan
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Mirjam von Arx... Producer
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Tanja Meding... Producer
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