General Information

Author/Creator

Miyake, Kyoko, director.

Language

Japanese.

Subtitles

English

Published

Japan : Streiber, Gregor, 2013.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (83 min.)

Contents/Summary

Summary

The director and her aunt travel to her family's hometown not far from Fukushima. Fukushima used to be a paradise with colorful festivals and sunny beaches, but today it is an abandoned, radioactive, and contaminated area, Aunt Kuniko and her community, once avid supporters of the local nuclear plant, lost their homes in the aftermath of the nuclear catastrophe. Even so Kyoko’s aunt stills dreams of returning. She used to run a bakery, a wedding business, and a funeral parlor. For her, the present lies in ruins but not the past. The director follows her aunt in order to find out the fate of her family's home-town and along the way begins to question her nostalgic childhood memories. This is a film about the emotional consequences of a nuclear disaster.

Subjects

Genre

Documentary films

Bibliographic Information

Note

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Library Special Collection

Verzio Film Festival Submission

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	OSA Film Library	FL Record 3411	-	-	-