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Hiroshima (1953) is a powerful evocation of the devastation wrought by the world’s fi rst deployment of RELEASE DATE the atomic bomb and its aftermath, based on the written eye-witness accounts of its child survivors compiled by Dr. On Blu-ray 13th July, 2020 Arata Osada for the 1951 book Children Of The A Bomb: Testament Of The Boys And Girls Of Hiroshima. Running time 90 mins

Adapted for the screen by independent director Price 104 mins Hideo Sekigawa (Listen to the Voices of the Sea, Tokyo Region B Untouchable) and screenwriter Yasutaro Yagi (Theatre of Life, Rice), Hiroshima combines a harrowing documentary realism with moving human drama, in a tale of the KEY TALENT INFORMATION suff ering, endurance and survival of a group of teachers, their students and their families. It boasts a rousing score Director Hideo Sekigawa composed by Akira Ifukube (Godzilla) and an all-star cast including Yumeji Tsukioka (Late Spring, The Eternal Breasts), (Throne of Blood, Yojimbo) and CONTACT/ORDER MEDIA Eiji Okada (Hiroshima Mon Amour, Woman in the Dunes), appearing alongside an estimated 90,000 residents from [email protected] the city as extras, including many survivors from that fateful day on 6th August 1945.

Hiroshima was produced and distributed outside of the studio system by the Japan Teachers’ Union following the mixed critical reception to (1952), directed by Kaneto Shindo the previous year, the fi rst dramatic feature to deal directly with the atomic bombing. Although sequences from the fi lm were used in Alain Resnais’ classic of French New Wave cinema, Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), it has been eff ectively out of circulation in Japan and the rest of the world since its original release in 1953 due to the force and political sensitivity of its message. This new High Defi nition presentation is the complete version, restoring the footage from the international edit that was released in the United States in 1955. 2 John Street, London, WC1N 2ES Tel: 0203 405 4312 Web: fetch.fm SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS • High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation • Original uncompressed audio • Archive interview with actress Yumeji Tsukioka • Hiroshima Nagasaki Download (2011), 73-minute documentary featuring interviews with survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings now residing in the United States, with an introduction by the director Shinpei Takeda • New video essay by Jasper Sharp • Newly commissioned artwork by Scott Saslow

FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Mick Broderick

Details Director: Hideo Sekigawa Cast: Eiji Okada, Yumeji Tsukioka, Yoshi Katô

RRP: £24.99 Region: B Rating: TBC Genre: Drama/War Duration: 104 mins Language: Japanese Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 Audio: Mono Black & White Discs: 1

Blu-ray BD Cat No: FCD2043 BD Barcode: 5027035022123