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Cast

Aya Domenig

Aya Domenig

Self

Kiyomi Doi

Kiyomi Doi

Self - Aya's grandmother

Shigeru Doi

Shigeru Doi

Self - Aya's grandfather, Red Cross doctor (archive footage)

Sumiko Miyahara

Sumiko Miyahara

Self - Hiroshima atomic bomb aftermath nurse

Chizuko Uchida

Chizuko Uchida

Self

Shuntaro Hida

Shuntaro Hida

Self - Former Imperial Japanese Army doctor

Hitoshi Kai

Hitoshi Kai

Self - Chairman of Junod Association

Mai Nakata

Mai Nakata

Self - Fukushima refugee

Shoei Nakata

Shoei Nakata

Self - Mai Nakata's son, Fukushima refugee

Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe

Self - Prime minister of Japan

Crew

Aya Domenig

Aya Domenig

Director

Tania Stöcklin

Tania Stöcklin

Editor

Gisela Castronari

Gisela Castronari

Editor

Petra Beck

Petra Beck

Editor

Mirjam von Arx

Mirjam von Arx

Producer

Mrinal Desai

Mrinal Desai

Director of Photography

Tanja Meding

Tanja Meding

Producer

Marcel Vaid

Marcel Vaid

Original Music Composer

Aya Domenig

Aya Domenig

Editor

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The Day the Sun Fell

20157.2 / 1079 min
History, Documentary

Overview

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.