White Light\Black Rain: The Destruction Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki Page #5

Synopsis: As global tensions rise, the unthinkable threat of nuclear war has become very real--and very frightening. Through the powerful recollections of the survivors of the atomic bombs that leveled two Japanese cities in 1945, this film presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first--and hopefully last--uses of thermonuclear weapons in war. Directed by Oscar(R)-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki (1990's 'Days of Waiting'), 'White Light, Black Rain' provides a comprehensive, moving account of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from the unique points of view of the people, both Japanese and American, who were there.
Genre: Documentary
Director(s): Steven Okazaki
Production: HBO
  Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
2007
86 min
1,200 Views


left and right.

We didn't know what it was.

For a doctor,

it's frightening

not to know

what you're treating.

My sister, Kuniko, was 1 3.

Her gums were bleeding.

All of her hair fell out.

Her body was covered

with purple spots.

She was writhing in pain.

After the bomb,

she seemed fine,

so we didn't understand

what was happening to her.

Then she died.

lt was me who convinced

my parents

that the family should

be together in Nagasaki.

A few months later

they were dead.

My siblings never

got to try chocolate

and the other

wonderful things of life.

l truly wish

l could have died,

instead of them.

l felt so much guilt.

l wanted to kill myself.

My sister stopped talking.

l told her, ''Hang on,

Life is worth living.''

But she missed our mother

and fell deeper into despair.

She jumped in front

of a train going at full speed.

l just couldn't go on.

So l went

to the train tracks

and stood where

my sister had stood.

l heard the train whistle and waited

as the train rushed towards me.

But l became afraid

and jumped aside.

l realized

there are two

kinds of courage--

the courage to live

and the courage to die.

My sister had

the courage to die.

Me?

l chose the courage to live.

Even if l'm alone,

l still want to live.

l don't hold a grudge.

Japan lost the war.

But how do we live tomorrow?

What do we eat?

The basic things.

How do we survive?

We didn't know

about radiation.

We called it ''pika don.''

''Pika don'' was like

a dirty word for the bomb.

And the ''pika don'' people

became the untouchables.

We were treated like dirt.

But we still had to eat.

We stole corn

from people's fields.

We didn't know everything

was irradiated.

The only things

l didn't eat were

cats, mice and humans.

There were no mice.

The cats were too quick

to catch.

The humans, well,

we wouldn't.

Besides, they were covered

with maggots after 3 days.

We found a way to survive.

When l felt like giving up,

which l often did,

l'd remember

l was Catholic

and suicide isn't allowed,

so l'd better

just suck it up.

Our shelter was a hole

on the side of a mountain

with water dripping on us.

lt was hard to stay dry or sleep.

ln front of our shack they built,

an airstrip for the Americans.

There were skeletons

all over the area.

So when they

built the airfield,

the bones were

crushed into dust.

When the Americans came,

we were scared to see

all the jeeps.

But they were kind to us.

They gave us chocolate

and chewing gum.

ln no time,

we were yelling,

''Hello, hello.''

We were just kids.

l asked them, ''Why?''

''Why did you

kill my family?''

''Why did they

deserve to die?''

Of course they didn't

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Steven Okazaki

Steven Toll Okazaki (born March 12, 1952 in Venice, California) is an American filmmaker. He is Sansei Japanese American (3rd generation) and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has received a Peabody Award and been nominated for four Academy Awards, winning an Oscar for the documentary short subject, Days of Waiting: The Life & Art of Estelle Ishigo (1990). more…

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