ひろしま (1953)

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Hiroshima (ひろしま) is a 1953 Japanese docudrama film directed by Hideo Sekigawa about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its impact on a group of teachers, their students, and their families. The film was based on the eye-witness accounts of the hibakusha children compiled by Dr. Arata Osada for the 1951 best-selling book Children Of The A Bomb: Testament Of The Boys And Girls Of Hiroshima , and was filmed with the support of tens of thousands of Hiroshima residents.

Production

After the end of Allied occupation of Japan, the Japan Teachers Union (JTU) commissioned an adaptation of Children of the A-Bomb, a well-known book of testimonies of hibakusha children. The union had formed in part due to the collective guilt of teachers for their part in wartime militarism, and was keen to address the subject of the atomic bombings in cinema.

The film's production was a collaboration with the residents of Hiroshima. Survivors of the bombing, labor union members, and other residents of the city comprised the large number of extras used in the film numbered up to 90,000. Their presence helped recreate the sense of mass confusion in the scenes of the bombing's aftermath.

Hiroshima-born lead actress Yumeji Tsukioka appealed to the production company with whom she was under contract, Shochiku, to let her act in the film without payment. She stated that she wanted to "contribute to society and help deter 'largescale wars.'"

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