The Day the Sun Fell (2015)
1h 19m
Running Time
August 9, 2015Release Date
The Day the Sun Fell (2015)
1h 19m
Running Time
August 9, 2015Release Date
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Plot.
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 & Crew.

Aya Domenig
Self / Director / Editor

Kiyomi Doi
Self - Aya's grandmother

Shigeru Doi
Self - Aya's grandfather, Red Cross doctor (archive footage)

Sumiko Miyahara
Self - Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse

Chizuko Uchida
Self

Shuntaro Hida
Self - Former Imperial Japanese Army doctor

Hitoshi Kai
Self - Chairman of Junod Association

Mai Nakata
Self - Fukushima refugee

Shoei Nakata
Self - Mai Nakata's son, Fukushima refugee

Shinzo Abe
Self - Prime minister of Japan

Tania Stöcklin
Editor

Gisela Castronari
Editor

Petra Beck
Editor

Martin Witz
Writer

Mirjam von Arx
Producer

Mrinal Desai
Director of Photography
Details.
Release DateAugust 9, 2015
Original NameAls die Sonne vom Himmel fiel
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Genres
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Wiki.
Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel is a 2015 Swiss documentary. Focusing on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the United States Army Air Force on 6 August 1945, it was filmed and produced at locations in the Hiroshima and in the Fukushima prefectures, Japan, and produced by the Japanese-Swiss film-maker Aya Domenig.
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