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A new interview of Dir. Atsushi Funahashi (in German)

02/12/2015

Serien Ninja, German cultural website, interviewed director Atsushi Funahashi .

http://www.serien.ninja/berlinale-2015-nuclear-nation-2-interview-mit-regissur-atsushi-funahashi/

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Variety wrote on “NUCLEAR NATION II” at Berlinale 2015!!

02/11/2015

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Variety wrote on “NUCLEAR NATION II” at Berlinale 2015!!

「フタバから遠く離れて 第二部」バラエティ誌が大きく紹介!

http://variety.com/2015/film/markets-festivals/berlin-nuclear-nation-ii-continues-to-probe-fukushima-disaster-1201428558/

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The Berlinale Forum introduced “NUCLEAR NATION II”

02/09/2015

“In 2012, Atsushi Funahashi presented Nuclear Nation, his film about the consequences of the March 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima Daiichi. 1400 people from nearby Futaba were evacuated to a school building in a Tokyo suburb. Funahashi documented people’s desperation with true empathy and showed the full extent of the destruction. This year, he presents the sequel. We learn that the former mayor – previously a fervent advocate of nuclear energy and now a passionate fighter for the victims of the catastrophe – has now been replaced by someone younger. The single-minded cattle breeder also makes another appearance, originally having resisted the government’s orders to evacuate the disaster zone and kill his livestock. Today, a look at his animals lays bare the consequences of radioactive contamination: they all have ulcers and open wounds. It wasn’t until late 2014 that the final people left the school building – but they’re unlikely ever to be able to return to their homes. The epicentre of the catastrophe has been declared a toxic waste disposal site. The inhabitants of Futaba, to whom nuclear energy once brought affluence, are now alone in paying the high price for it.”

see full page.

https://www.berlinale.de/en/programm/berlinale_programm/datenblatt.php?film_id=201510674#tab=filmStills

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Japanese Films at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival

One of the first articles that reviewed Nuclear Nation II just came out!

Nuclear Nation II
Romaji: Futaba kara toku hanarete dainibu
Running Time: 114 mins.
Director: Atsushi Funahashi
Writer: N/A
Starring: Shiro Izawa, Masami Yoshizawa, Katsutaka Idogawa,

Atsushi Funahashi was at the 2012 Berlin Film Festival with his documentary Nuclear Nation, about the consequences of the March 2011 nuclear disaster in Fukushima Daiichi which displaced 1400 people from nearby Futaba. These people were evacuated to a school building in a Tokyo suburb and we saw how they survived. The sequel takes place some time after and we learn what happened to the people we saw in the first documentary. We learn that the former mayor – previously a fervent advocate of nuclear energy and now a passionate fighter for the victims of the catastrophe – has now been replaced by someone younger. The single-minded cattle breeder also makes another appearance, originally having resisted the government’s orders to evacuate the disaster zone and kill his livestock. Today, a look at his animals lays bare the consequences of radioactive contamination: they all have ulcers and open wounds. It wasn’t until late 2014 that the final people left the school building – but they’re unlikely ever to be able to return to their homes because the epicentre of the catastrophe has been declared a toxic waste disposal site.

Read the entire article:

https://genkinahito.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/japanese-films-at-the-2015-berlin-international-film-festival/

 

 

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Screening Schedule @ Berlinale 2015!

02/06/2015

Here’s the screening schedule of NUCLEAR NATION II at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival!

NUCLEAR NATION II (Futaba kara toku hanarete dainibu)

09.02.15 09:30 CinemaxX6 (press screening) EN

10.02.15 16:15 Delphi Filmpalast EN

12.02.15 19:00 CineStar 8 EN

13.02.15 21:30 Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg EN

15.02.15 19:30 CinemaxX4 EN

For more details please check out: Berlinale site

 

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Part 1 DVD release!! (Japan)

01/22/2014

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NUCLEAR NATION is now available on DVD!

It is Japanese version (region 2) with English subtitles.

You can buy it from Amazon Japan.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%95%E3%82%BF…/dp/B00GI8BZ1Q

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Democracy Now! focused on Futaba town.

01/18/2014

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Katsutaka Idogawa, former mayor of Futaba talks with Amy Goodman at Democracy Now! on Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Archival footage of yesterday’s show)

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2014/1/17

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Democracy Now! :Amy Goodman interviews director Funahashi.

01/16/2014

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Here’s the archival link of Democracy Now! yesterday.

Amy Goodman interviewed director Atsushi Funahashi on “NUCLEAR NATION” and Fukushima refugees.

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/1/15/for_fukushimas_displaced_a_struggle_to

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Director Funahashi on DEMOCRACY NOW! 1/25 8am ET (USA).

01/15/2014

At 8-9am ET on Jan 15 director Funahashi will be Democracy Now!, the America’s most liberal and independent news channel. He is talking about Fukushima issues with Amy Goodman, the anchor lady. She is now in Tokyo and they’ll broadcast the LIVE show between Tokyo and NYC! NUCLEAR NATION will be introduced. Don’t miss it!

You can see the streaming video at; http://www.democracynow.org/.

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[Tokyo Gubernatorial Election (Feb. 9): Evading the issue of nuclear plants = dumping Fukushima]

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People are saying that since Tokyo has no nuclear plants, and since the city holds few Tokyo Electric Power Company shares, the concept of eliminating nuclear power is not an issue in the upcoming governor election.

Have we already forgotten…

… that most of the electricity produced at the Fukushima Daiichi plant was sent to Tokyo? In order for us in the city to have this electricity, we imposed years of risk on people living in the coastal regions of Fukushima. And when shit finally hit the fan, they were the ones left to deal with the aftermath of the calamity. There are still 150,000 displaced people living in limbo.

We living in Tokyo are in part responsible for the nuclear accident.

Saying that “nuclear power won’t become a campaign issue” is like saying that we might have been indebted to them in the past, but now that they’re not sending us any electricity, it doesn’t concern us anymore. This convenient forgetfulness is arrogant.

Voters in Tokyo need to be conscious that NOT making nuclear power an issue in the upcoming election is exactly the same as dumping Fukushima.

– Atsushi Funahashi

(translated by Ivy Oldford)

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