Release Date:
December 11, 2013 (limited)
Studio:
First Run Features
Director:
Atsushi Funahashi
Screenwriter:
Not Available
Starring:
Not Available
Genre:
Documentary
MPAA Rating:
Not Available
Official Website:
Not Available
Plot Summary:
March 11, 2011: a serious earthquake and
tsunami hit Japan, crippling the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant,
releasing radiation, and turning the residents of Futaba into "nuclear
refugees." The devastation experienced by the town – dead livestock
left to rot, crops abandoned, homes and businesses destroyed – was
infinitely worse than anything reported by the newspapers. A year
later, 500 evacuees are still unable to return to their contaminated
homes. The irony of this disaster occurring in a nation that
experienced two nuclear bombs is not lost on the victims who poignantly
question their responsibility for striking a Faustian bargain with
nuclear power. "Nuclear Nation" suggests that a relatively small
tragedy could one day be replicated on a much larger scale - perhaps in
your own backyard.
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