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Title The Lovers
Production Date 1963
Country of Production Japan
Duration 00:08:30
Production Company Japanese Peace Committee
Film Subject Era 1946-1953; 1954-1975
Genre Drama
Summary Spending time with her boyfriend on a lonely beach, a girl suddenly remembers the Hiroshima bombing of 1945. He, in turn, remembers the 1960 riots against Japan's peace treaty with the USA. [WARNING Contains disturbing scenes of dead bodies]
Original Title 恋人
Subjects Leisure; Nuclear weapons; Nuclear war; Peace movements; Peace treaties; Civilian casualties; Civilian deaths; Civilians; Military; Riots; Wars
Director Shindo, Kaneto
Cast
Cast member:
Tetsuo, Hasegawa, Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Contributors
Production Manager:
Matsuura, Eisaku

Photography:
Kuroda, Kiyami

Lighting:
Naita, Isabura

Sound:
Maruyama, Kunie

Editor:
Shirota, Tabako

Assistant Director:
Kubokawa, Kenzo

Music:
Hayashi, Hikaru

Script:
Shindo, Kaneto

Places Japan; Hiroshima
Fiction/Non Fiction Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Black and White
Film Format 35mm Comb Dupe Reversal B/W Pos
Module Wars & Revolutions
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