Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima

Overview

Japanese husband and wife muralists Iri and Toshi Maruki are known for their depictions of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Their collaborative relationship is unique: one paints a painfully detailed vision of the victims of the atomic blast; the other conceals the carefully delineated brush strokes with a grey-black ink “wash.” The first artist restates the specifics of the image; the second re-conceals. Through the repetition of this process, the work emerges.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 10, 1986

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English, Japanese

Countries

United States of America

Cast

Toshi Maruki,Iri Maruki

Director

Michael Camerini,John Junkerman,James MacDonald

Producer

John W. Dower

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0093173