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White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (2007)

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki poster
Directed by
Steven Okazaki
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 26m
Rated
14
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews Japanese survivors and American participants about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They describe the events from their personal perspectives.

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What happens

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is an HBO documentary film directed and produced by Steven Okazaki. It was released on August 6, 2007, on HBO, marking the 62nd anniversary of the first atomic bombing. The film features interviews with fourteen Japanese survivors and four Americans involved in the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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