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Hibakusha - At the End of the World
Hibakusha - At the End of the World
Hitomi Kamanaka

“Hibakusha” is a term that originally referred to survivors of the atomic bombing. They are considered victims, because they have long suffered from the effects of the atomic disaster. They managed to survive, but they were deprived of decent human existences. The director shows us how the word “Hibakusha” can be applied not just to the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but also to the Iraqi population and to the American Soldiers, who have experienced the consequences and the unseen damages of radioactive contamination.

 

 
Photography (colour)/ Makiko Iwata
Editing/ Hitomi Kamanaka
Music/ Christopher Heeman
Production/ Group Gendai Co.
Year of Production/ 2003
Running Time/ 115’
 

Hitomi Kamanaka was born in 1958. In 1993 she moved to the us and served as activist for Paper Tiger. On her return to Japan in 1995, she began working as a freelance filmmaker. She directed Let Iraqi Children Live (1999) and Living with Cancer (2001), which was awarded the atp Excellent Documentary Prize.

 

 


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