The Day the Sun Fell

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The Day the Sun Fell (2015)

Directed by Aya Domenig

History, Documentary · 1h 19m

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.

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Cast

A
Aya Domenig Self
K
Kiyomi Doi Self - Aya's grandmother
S
Shigeru Doi Self - Aya's grandfather, Red Cross doctor (archive footage)
S
Sumiko Miyahara Self - Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse
C
Chizuko Uchida Self Shuntaro Hida Self - Former Imperial Japanese Army doctor
H
Hitoshi Kai Self - Chairman of Junod Association
M
Mai Nakata Self - Fukushima refugee
S
Shoei Nakata Self - Mai Nakata's son, Fukushima refugee
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Shinzo Abe Self - Prime minister of Japan

Crew

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

Details

Original title
Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel
Release date
2015-08-09
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
History, Documentary
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German, Japanese
Countries
Finland, Japan, Switzerland
Production
ican films, SRG SSR, SRF, YLE