I looked up photos of Hiroshima City before and after the bombing on the Internet. Hiroshima City was one of the most industrially advanced urban cities in Japan at that time. From the photos, I can sense the power of the threat of nuclear weapons.
BEFORE
AFTER
The most memorable photo is of a boy crying in the rubble. When I think of this boy’s feelings, I feel so much pain that I am at a loss for words.
The movie ”Barefoot Gen”
This film tells the story of a family that experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and is one of the most famous films in Japan that, although animated, conveys the horror of the atomic bombing to the viewer in a very realistic way. I once watched this movie as an elementary school student as part of a class called Peace Study. However, it was so cruel that I had almost forgotten the content, perhaps because of my human defensive instincts. This movie told me under conflict between countries, there is the normal life of people. In other words, the “victims of the atomic bomb” seem somehow unrealistic and distant, but they were people who were no different from us. I felt that They loved their families and loved ones, ate well, sometimes worried about something, and believed in their future just like us.
This movie brought me up from the level of knowledge of the atomic bombing to the level of feeling the reality of the atomic bombing.
Photos of Miyako Ishiuti
I was impressed by the photos of a woman photographer named Miyako Ishiuchi. She is a photographer who photographs the remains of young girls who were victims of the atomic bombing, and she is so immensely popular that she has held a solo exhibition. She transforms the cruelly left behind objects into beautiful photographs. It is an art form that seems to combine transparency and intensity even more with the documentary nature and role of photography. Women were also victims of the atomic bombing. At that time, clothing was a precious resource for women. It is painful to think about how these women have felt when they wore these beautiful dresses and clothes, and how excited they have been to wear them.
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