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The Day the Sun Fell (2015)

ALL 08/09/2015 (de) History, Documentary 79 Min
  • Release
    08/09/2015
  • Production
    ican films, SRG SSR, SRF, YLE
  • Rotten tomato
    72%
  • Original title
    Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Aya Domenig

    Director

  2. Story



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  1. Aya Domenig

    Self

  2. Kiyomi Doi

    Self - Aya's grandmother

  3. Shigeru Doi

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

  4. Sumiko Miyahara

    Self - Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse

  5. Chizuko Uchida

    Self

  6. Shuntaro Hida

    Self - Former Imperial Japanese Army doctor

  7. Hitoshi Kai

    Self - Chairman of Junod Association

  8. Mai Nakata

    Self - Fukushima refugee

  9. Shoei Nakata

    Self - Mai Nakata's son, Fukushima refugee

  10. Shinzo Abe

    Self - Prime minister of Japan

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 10 , Crews : 9

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The Day the Sun Fell (2015) 79 Min

ALL 08/09/2015 (de)
History, Documentary
  • Release 08/09/2015
  • Production
    ican films, SRG SSR, SRF, YLE
  • Original title Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Aya Domenig

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Aya Domenig, Petra Beck, Tania Stöcklin, Gisela Castronari

    Editor

  4. Mirjam von Arx, Tanja Meding

    Producer



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