Hiroshima – A story of survival, loss and forgiveness after the atomic bomb | DW Documentary
A family is torn apart when the first atomic bomb is dropped in Japan in 1945. A teenaged boy is separated from his father in Hiroshima. Now, decades later, the boy’s daughter tells the tragic family story.
On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., the first atomic bomb explosion in a war killed more than 70,000 Japanese civilians in Hiroshima in one fell swoop. Countless others, seriously injured, fought for their lives.
The massive detonation wave completely destroyed 80 percent of Hiroshima’s city center. Just 1,200 meters away, Shinji Mikamo and his father Fukuichi miraculously survived the catastrophe. Shinji was rescued from the danger zone by his father, who was also wounded and suffering from severe injuries and burns. It was a long, painful journey. When they parted ways, the teenager Shinji had to survive on his own.
The documentary shows the true story of Shinji’s journey of survival and forgiveness. It combines rare footage with poignant re-enactments to create a haunting first-hand account of the horrors of nuclear war. It was produced by Shinji’s daughter Akiko. She sends a message of peace to the world, so that “no one has to suffer from nuclear war again”.
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