Film which restores A-bomb district via computer animation is screened
Sep. 6, 2010
by Yumi Kanazaki, Staff Writer
A special preview screening of a film which uses computer animation to restore the townscape and daily life of the former Nakajima District (now, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park), an area annihilated by the atomic bomb, was held in Memorial Hall in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on September 3. Nearly 100 people, including former residents of the district as well as those who took part in the project, attended the screening.
The 60-minute film is entitled "Message from Hiroshima: What was Lost in the Bombing." The Film Production Commission comprised of those from industry, government, and academia spent three and a half years working on the film. The film also includes footage of former residents speaking about the district. The project was led by Masaaki Tanabe, 72, a company president whose house was next to the former Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (now, the Atomic Bomb Dome).
At the screening, the former residents closely watched the computer animation that depicts the promotion hall and the Nakajima District, once the busiest part of the city. During the footage which conveys the horrific consequences of the bombing, their eyes grew wet with tears while listening to the accounts of those who were orphaned by the blast. Masako Kido, 89, whose parents' house was near the current Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims, said, "The members of my family all survived the bombing because we had evacuated earlier, but we lost our home. When I saw it restored in the film, my heart was full of emotion."
On September 4 and 5, the film is being screened for the public in the same hall. On both days, the film is shown at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Admission is free.
(Originally published on September 4, 2010)
A special preview screening of a film which uses computer animation to restore the townscape and daily life of the former Nakajima District (now, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park), an area annihilated by the atomic bomb, was held in Memorial Hall in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on September 3. Nearly 100 people, including former residents of the district as well as those who took part in the project, attended the screening.
The 60-minute film is entitled "Message from Hiroshima: What was Lost in the Bombing." The Film Production Commission comprised of those from industry, government, and academia spent three and a half years working on the film. The film also includes footage of former residents speaking about the district. The project was led by Masaaki Tanabe, 72, a company president whose house was next to the former Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall (now, the Atomic Bomb Dome).
At the screening, the former residents closely watched the computer animation that depicts the promotion hall and the Nakajima District, once the busiest part of the city. During the footage which conveys the horrific consequences of the bombing, their eyes grew wet with tears while listening to the accounts of those who were orphaned by the blast. Masako Kido, 89, whose parents' house was near the current Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims, said, "The members of my family all survived the bombing because we had evacuated earlier, but we lost our home. When I saw it restored in the film, my heart was full of emotion."
On September 4 and 5, the film is being screened for the public in the same hall. On both days, the film is shown at 10 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Admission is free.
(Originally published on September 4, 2010)
