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Nuclear Nation

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Filmmaker Atsushi Funahashi tells the stories of Japan's nuclear refugees.

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Farran Smith Nehme New York Post 12/12/2013
3.5/4
Few films have opening images more chilling than the ruins of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, or more bleak than the last 10 minutes of "Nuclear Nation." Go to Full Review Ignatiy Vishnevetsky AV Club 12/11/2013
B
For the most part, the movie takes an eye-level approach to the disaster, focusing on the experiences of ordinary people living in makeshift shelters and public housing, lining up for food, and returning to their homes in hazmat suits. Go to Full Review Mark Jenkins NPR 12/11/2013
[Funahashi's] approach is direct, intimate yet respectful, and sometimes as mournful as the stark piano-and-flute score. Go to Full Review Ron Wilkinson It's Just Movies 12/26/2013
5/10
A minimalist look at the destruction of the city of Futaba in the wake of the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plants. Go to Full Review Noah Berlatsky The Dissolve 12/12/2013
3/5
The result is not exactly riveting cinema....it often seems caught between trying to tell a story...and its recognition that the story it has to tell is no story. Go to Full Review Ethan Alter Film Journal International 12/11/2013
Nuclear Nation's anti-nuclear stance is very clear, but it admirably wants viewers to understand its argument instead of shouting it at them. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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12/15/2012 Well handled documentary about the displaced residents of Futaba in the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan who can't return home due to radiation from the Fukushima nuclear power plants. Focuses a bit narrowly on too few residents, but good despite that. See more 07/26/2012 critical and heartwarming at the same time, following the lives of a group of townfolks that had given to the society at large, but found themselves being marginalised See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Atsushi Funahashi

Director

Yoshiko Hashimoto

Producer

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Original Music

Haruyuki Suzuki

Original Music

Atsushi Funahashi

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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Atsushi Funahashi tells the stories of Japan's nuclear refugees.
Director
Atsushi Funahashi
Producer
Yoshiko Hashimoto
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.6K
Runtime
2h 25m