The Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (1946)

Original title

広島・長崎における原子爆弾の影響

Directed by

Chozo Obata, Dairokuro Okuyama, Masao Yamanaka, Sueo Ito

Genre

documentary film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 40m

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This 1946 Japanese documentary records the aftermath of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It shows the physical destruction and the human suffering caused by the bombs. The film was confiscated by the US occupation authorities and kept from public view in Japan for many years.

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What happens

『広島・長崎における原子爆弾の影響』（ひろしま・ながさきにおけるげんしばくだんのえいきょう、英語: Effects of the Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki）は、1945年（昭和20年）9月より撮影を開始、1946年に完成した日本映画である。広島市への原子爆弾投下と長崎市への原子爆弾投下後、その状況を撮影したドキュメンタリー作品である。完成後連合国軍最高司令官総司令部 (GHQ) に接収され、長らく日本では公開されず、「幻の原爆映画」と称された。『広島・長崎における原子爆弾の効果』として言及されることもある。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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