The Day the Sun Fell (2015)

08/09/2015 (FI) • 1h 19m

History, Documentary

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.

Top Billed Cast

Kiyomi Doi

Self - Aya's grandmother

Shigeru Doi

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

Sumiko Miyahara

Self - Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse

Shuntaro Hida

Self - Former Imperial Japanese Army doctor

Hitoshi Kai

Self - Chairman of Junod Association

Mai Nakata

Self - Fukushima refugee

Shoei Nakata

Self - Mai Nakata's son, Fukushima refugee


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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

-

Revenue

-

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