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.
Credits
The Day the Sun Fell Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Shuntaro Hida
He was 98, now 107 years old
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as Himself, former Imperial Japanese Army doctor |
The Day the Sun Fell Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Gisela Castronari as Editor. She was 59 (now 69) years old
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Editing |
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Mirjam von Arx as Producer. She was 49 (now 58) years old
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Production |
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Tania Stöcklin as Editor. She was 56 (now 65) years old
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Editing |
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Marcel Vaid as Original Music Composer. He was 48 (now 57) years old
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Sound |
