Picadon (1978)

Original title

ピカドン

Directed by

Renzo Kinoshita

Genre

animation, war, drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

8 min

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This Japanese animated short uses simple drawings to show the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath. It focuses on the immediate horror and the long lasting suffering of the people affected.

somberhauntingslowmeditativetraumaticvisually starkgrief-strickenquietly horrifying

What happens

Picadon (Japanese: ピカドン Pikadon, 'atomic bomb') is a 1978 Japanese short animated documentary war film anime, produced and directed by Renzō Kinoshita. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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