Atomic People
2024 · Movie · 85 min · ★ 8.5
Witness the testimony of some of the last ‘Hibakusha’ - survivors of the two atomic bombs – before their voices are lost forever. Combining their personal accounts with archival footage, hear from this shrinking group, most of whom were children when the bombs were dropped. They are only people left to have survived a nuclear bomb; learn how their experiences continue to affect them to this day.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-06-13
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 85 min
- TMDB rating
- 8.5/10 (6 votes)
Themes
- atomic bomb
- world war ii
- nuclear radiation
- hiroshima, japan
- hiroshima and nagasaki bombings
- nagasaki, japan
- hiroshima bombing
Awards & recognition
- British Academy Television Award — Best Specialist Factual · 2025 · nominated
Cast & crew
- IC
Iwanaga Chiyoko
as Self
- KI
Kiyomi Iguro
as Self
John Wayne
as Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
as Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
as Self (archive footage)
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Megumi Inman, Benedict Sanderson