Director: Kaneto Shindo
Country: Japan
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Movement: Japanese New Wave
In interviews with 30 associates and friends, and in reenactments of the events, director ShindÅ recounts the history of the Sakura theatre troupe, formed from remnants of left-leaning troupes that had been forced to disband by the militarist regime, and its end in Hiroshima. While five members died instantly, the survivors of the blast, including the troupe's leader Sadao Maruyama and actresses Keiko Sonoi and Midori Naka, died during the following weeks from their injuries. Only two members, who weren't present in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing, survived.
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