The Day the Sun Fell

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 9, 2015

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, Japanese

Countries

Finland, Japan, Switzerland

Production

YLE,SRG SSR,SRF,ican films

Cast

Hitoshi Kai,Kiyomi Doi,Shinzo Abe,Chizuko Uchida,Mai Nakata,Shoei Nakata,Sumiko Miyahara,Aya Domenig,Shigeru Doi,Shuntaro Hida

Director

Aya Domenig

Producer

Mirjam von Arx,Tanja Meding

Cinematography

Mrinal Desai

Music

Marcel Vaid

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt4929364