Ōkunoshima

Screening Schedule

Nov 24 (Sun.) 14:30 at Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-visual Library

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Details

ⒸFritz Schumann

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During World War II, the island of Ōkunoshima was the biggest poison gas factory in Asia. The Imperial Japanese Army produced around 9,000 tons of chemical weapons for the use in China. Today, Ōkunoshima is known as “rabbit island” around the world. The 700 bunnies distract from the reality: chemical weapons are still in China and Japan today – and they are still dangerous.

<Staff>
Director: Fritz Schumann
Story, Research and Photography:Fritz Schumann
Music: Mario Kaoru Mevy
Animation:Silan Bekjarov

<Info>
Year of production:2019 
Running time: 30’
Country:Japan , Germany

Director

Fritz Schumann
Born 1987 in Berlin, works as a visual journalist in text, photo and video. Lived between 2009 – 2010 in Tokyo and between 2013-2014 in Hiroshima. Specializes in stories from Japan and has published 3 books about the country in Germany. Previous films: “Valley of Dolls” (Documentary, 2014), “Houshi” (Documentary, 2014), “A Story of Ink & Steel” (Documentary, 2015), “Mountain Monks” (Documentary, 2018)