The World Is Terrified: The Reality of the “Ash of Death”

1957 79 min

Overview

At a time when the USSR and the USA fervently vied to develop nuclear arms, the mass media buzzed with terms inspired by nuclear testing on Bikini Atoll such as the “Daigo Fukuryu Maru Incident,” the “ash of death,” “radioactive tuna,” and “radioactive rain,” and nuclear testing continued, Japan, the only nation to have suffered an atom-bomb attack, felt massive anxiety. “What is the radioactive ash of death?” “What effect does it have on living creatures?” Against the background of the era, the film scientifically describes the terrors of radioactivity with the cooperation of many scientists, physicians and research institutions.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

Japan

Spoken Languages

Japanese ja

No streaming providers available for this content

Cast

Musei Tokugawa

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Yoshitaka Fuji

Cinematography

Fumio Kamei

Director

Nishibori Michie

Cinematography

Shu Kikuchi

Cinematography

Tadashi Ôno

Producer

Usuda Junichi

Cinematography

Takeo Inoue

Producer

Posters

External Links