Documentary
Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima
Japanese husband and wife muralists Iri and Toshi Maruki are known for their depictions of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Their collaborative relationship is unique: one paints a painfully detailed vision of the victims of the atomic blast; the other conceals the carefully delineated brush strokes with a grey-black ink “wash.” The first artist restates the specifics of the image; the second re-conceals. Through the repetition of this process, the work emerges.
Directed by John W. Dower, Michael Camerini, John Junkerman
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User score
5 votes
Status
Released
Released
October 10, 1986
Runtime
58m
Language
English, Japanese
