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Dates set for sequel on Fukushima community ripped apart by nuclear disaster via The Asahi Shimbun

“Nuclear Nation II,” a sequel to Atsushi Funahashi documentary that showed the world how the Fukushima nuclear disaster destroyed a local community, will hit theaters in Japan on Nov. 15. The new film shows the continuing plight of people from … Continue reading

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Fukushima film shows reality sinking in for ‘nuclear refugees’ via Reuters

[…] Funahashi’s “Nuclear Nation” films follow the residents of Futaba, who were evacuated after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami triggered meltdowns at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, dousing their town with radiation and turning it into a “no-go … Continue reading

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【movie review】Nuclear Nation via The Dissolve

[…] The film is mostly set in that high school, as the refugees wait and wait and wait for someone from the government or the power plants to find them new homes, or recompense them, or at least apologize. If … Continue reading

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【movie review】The Disaster Is Over, but the Effects on a Nation Are Not via The New York Times

“Fukushima.” The name of the nuclear power plant that was severely damaged in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated coastal areas of northeastern Japan has become an ominous buzzword. Along with “Chernobyl,” it lurks in the backs of … Continue reading

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Japanese disaster films highlight victims’ stories via The Asahi Shimbun

[…] The outburst of post-disaster filmmaking includes Americans living in or visiting Japan, such as “Surviving Japan,” by Christopher Noland, “Pray for Japan,” by Stuart Levy and “In the Grey Zone” and “A2” by Ian Thomas Ash. “The Tsunami and … Continue reading

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