The Day the Sun Fell

The Day the Sun Fell

79 mins | Documentary, History | Aug. 9, 2015

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.

The Day the Sun Fell

79 mins | Documentary, History | Aug. 9, 2015

The Day the Sun Fell
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers ican films, Yle, SRG SSR, SRF
Original title Als die Sonne vom Himmel fiel
Directors Aya Domenig
Writers

Cast

Aya Domenig

as Herself

Kiyomi Doi

as Herself, Aya Domenig's grandmother

Shigeru Doi

as Himself, Aya Domenig's grandfather, Red Cross doctor (archive footage)

Sumiko Miyahara

as Herself, Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse

Chizuko Uchida

as Herself

Shuntaro Hida

as Himself, former Imperial Japanese Army doctor

Hitoshi Kai

as Himself, chairman of Junod Association

Mai Nakata

as Herself, Fukushima refugee

Shoei Nakata

as Himself, Mai Nakata's son, Fukushima refugee

Shinzo Abe

as Himself, prime minister of Japan