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The Day the Sun Fell

The Day the Sun Fell

Aug. 09, 201579 Min.
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Synopsis

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.

Original title Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel
IMDb Rating 7.8
TMDb Rating 7.2 5 votes

Director

Aya Domenig
Director

Cast

Kiyomi Doi isSelf - Aya's grandmother
Self - Aya's grandmother
Shigeru Doi isSelf - Aya's grandfather
Self - Aya's grandfather
Sumiko Miyahara isSelf - Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse
Self - Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse
Shuntaro Hida isSelf - Former Imperial Japanese Army doctor
Self - Former Imperial Japanese Army doctor
Hitoshi Kai isSelf - Chairman of Junod Association
Self - Chairman of Junod Association
Mai Nakata isSelf - Fukushima refugee
Self - Fukushima refugee
Shoei Nakata isSelf - Mai Nakata's son
Self - Mai Nakata's son
Shinzo Abe isSelf - Prime minister of Japan
Self - Prime minister of Japan

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