The Day the Sun Fell

The Day the Sun Fell (2015)

Released: 2015-08-09 Duration: 1hr 19min
Rating 7.2

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.

Production Companies

ican films
SRG SSR
SRG SSR
SRF
SRF
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YLE

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language de
Popularity 1.293

Directed By

Aya Domenig

Crew

Director
Aya Domenig
Producer
Tanja Meding
Producer
Mirjam von Arx
Original Music Composer
Marcel Vaid
Director of Photography
Mrinal Desai
Editor
Aya Domenig
Editor
Petra Beck

TOP CAST

Kiyomi Doi
Kiyomi Doi

Self - Aya's grandmother

Shigeru Doi
Shigeru Doi

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

Sumiko Miyahara
Sumiko Miyahara

Self - Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse

Shuntaro Hida
Shuntaro Hida

Self - Former Imperial Japanese Army doctor

Hitoshi Kai
Hitoshi Kai

Self - Chairman of Junod Association

Mai Nakata
Mai Nakata

Self - Fukushima refugee

Shoei Nakata
Shoei Nakata

Self - Mai Nakata's son, Fukushima refugee

Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe

Self - Prime minister of Japan

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