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The documentary reports on the issues surrounding the construction of the
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documentary
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directed by Hitomi Kamanaka and released in 2006. It is the second in Kamanaka's trilogy of films on the problems of nuclear power
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and radiation
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* ''electromagnetic radiation'' consisting of photons, such as radio waves, microwaves, infr ...
, preceded by '' Hibakusha at the End of the World'' (also known as ''Radiation: A Slow Death'') and followed by ''Ashes to Honey
, (literally ''"Humming of Bees and Rotation of the Earth"'') is a Japanese documentary directed by Hitomi Kamanaka and released in 2010. It is the third in Kamanaka's trilogy of films on the problems of nuclear power and radiation, preceded by ' ...
''.
Content
The documentary reports on the issues surrounding the construction of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant
The is a nuclear reprocessing plant with an annual capacity of 800 tons of uranium or 8 tons of plutonium. It is owned by Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) and is part of the Rokkasho complex located in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori, Rokkasho ...
in Aomori Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku region. The prefecture's capital, largest city, and namesake is the city of Aomori (city), Aomori. Aomori is the northernmost prefecture on Japan's main island, Honshu, and is border ...
, especially focusing on the lives of the nearby residents who, while nervous about the dangers of radiation, continue living near the plant. It also covers the protests against the plant.
Reception
In a poll of critics at ''Kinema Junpo
, commonly called , is Japan's oldest film magazine and began publication in July 1919. It was first published three times a month, using the Japanese ''Jun'' (旬) system of dividing months into three parts, but the postwar ''Kinema Junpō'' ha ...
'', ''Rokkasho Rhapsody'' was selected as the fourth best documentary of 2006.
See also
*List of books about nuclear issues
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, bu ...
* List of films about nuclear issues
*''Ashes to Honey
, (literally ''"Humming of Bees and Rotation of the Earth"'') is a Japanese documentary directed by Hitomi Kamanaka and released in 2010. It is the third in Kamanaka's trilogy of films on the problems of nuclear power and radiation, preceded by ' ...
''
References
Bibliography
*External links
Official site
(in English)
Japanese Film Database
{{Nuclear power in Japan 2006 in the environment Japanese documentary films Environmental films Anti-nuclear films Documentary films about nuclear technology 2000s Japanese-language films 2000s Japanese films