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2014

Hug

A Lullaby Under the Nuclear Sky

抱く{HUG}

(c)Horizon Features

(c)Horizon Features

Release Date
March, 5th, 2016
Running Time
69 min
Genre
Documentary
Color
Color
Screening Format
HDCAM,Blu-ray, DVD
Screening Format with Subtitles
English (DCP, HDCAM, Blu-ray, DVD)

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Staff ]

[ Production Company ]

Horizon Features

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

UNITED PEOPLE

[ Story ]

Personal documentary from director Kana Tomoko, who has covered environmental issues and people suffering misfortune in films like Beautiful Islands. This film documents the pregnancy she discovered immediately after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and follows her experiences until the baby's birth.
In the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, Kana was 4 kilometers from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant documenting the people who were forced to evacuate because of the nuclear power plant accident. Then, she discovers that she is pregnant. Her first pregnancy at the age of forty takes her by surprise, and she worries about the impact of radiation on her unborn child.

[ Official Site ]

http://kanatomoko.jp/lullaby

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2014 Busan International Film Festival
2016 Nippon Connection
2016 Seoul Human Rights Film Festival
2016 Brussels International Women's Film Festival, Elles Tournent
2015 Sole Luna Documentary Film Festival Parlemo, Winner The Best Documentary assigned by the special jury
2015 Sole Luna Documentary Film Festival Treviso
2015 Ekotop Film Festival
2015 CNEX Taipei Documentary Film Festival
2015 Catholic Film Festival in Seoul
2015 Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary

[ Contact (International) ]

Horizon Features Co., Ltd.
Oversea Sales

8F Oonoya Bldg., 1-18 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0004
Rep: MUKAIYAMA Masatoshi
Attn: MUKAI Mari
tel: +81-3-3357-5140
fax: +81-75-365-6102
E-mail: office@kanatomoko.jp
http://www.kanatomoko.jp/en/

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Cast
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