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

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

20077.61h 26m

Overview

Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many who have never spoken publicly before - and four Americans intimately involved in the bombings, White Light/Black Rain provides a detailed exploration of the bombings and their aftermath.

Directed by Steven Okazaki
Written by Steven Okazaki
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Harold Agnew

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Shuntaro Hida

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Kiyoko Imori

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Morris Jeppson

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Lawrence Johnston

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Pan Yeon Kim

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Etsuko Nagano

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Keiji Nakazawa

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Chiemi Oka

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Shigeko Sasamori

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Themes & Keywords

japanatomic bombworld war ii

About White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a documentary, war film released in 2007 exploring themes of japan, atomic bomb, world war ii. Directed by Steven Okazaki, it stars Harold Agnew, Shuntaro Hida, Kiyoko Imori. Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many who have never spoken publicly before - and four Americans intimately involved in the bombings, White Light/Black Rain provides a detailed exploration of the bombings and their aftermath.

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