Nuclear Nation

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Nuclear Nation

2012

2h 25m

Documentary

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

Farran Smith Nehme

New York Post

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."

Rated: 3.5/4

Dec 12, 2013

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Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

AV Club

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.

Rated: B

Dec 11, 2013

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Mark Jenkins

NPR

[Funahashi's] approach is direct, intimate yet respectful, and sometimes as mournful as the stark piano-and-flute score.

Dec 11, 2013

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Ron Wilkinson

It's Just Movies

A minimalist look at the destruction of the city of Futaba in the wake of the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear plants.

Rated: 5/10

Dec 26, 2013

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Noah Berlatsky

The Dissolve

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.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 12, 2013

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Ethan Alter

Film Journal International

Nuclear Nation's anti-nuclear stance is very clear, but it admirably wants viewers to understand its argument instead of shouting it at them.

Dec 11, 2013

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thomas a

A saddening documentary about the town of Futaba that no longer exists due to the mishandling of Fukushima by the Japanese government. Even until a year after the filming, there had been very little that had been done by the government to compensate the Futaba residents for their losses. I hope things are better today for those residents.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Audience Member

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

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Atsushi Funahashi

Director

Yoshiko Hashimoto

Producer

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Original Music

Haruyuki Suzuki

Original Music

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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