Synopsis

In 2011, the most huge nuclear disaster came to Fukushima. And Michiro Endo, Yoshihide Otomo and Ryoichi Wago established ‘Project Fukushima!’ movement. This film describes activities of artists for Fukushima.

 

Director's Statement

Five months after the nuclear disaster, a group of artists and musicians including Otomo Yoshihide held a festival in Fukushima city. Aiming to give visibility to Fukushima’s current state just as it was, they called the festival simply “Fukushima!” without any qualifying slogans or descriptions.

This documentary film matter of factly follows their preparations leading up to the festival as well as the day of the festival itself and a few months afterwards. The film features music and poetry by Otomo Yoshihide, Michiro Endo, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ryoichi Wago and people from Fukushima and other regions of Japan.

It was not a typical festival since the organizers had to address questions such as: Would it be ethical to bring people to bring to Fukushima? What about children? And what would it mean to the people of Fukushima if the festival had to be called off after all due to radiation concerns?

Throughout the movie we see hos the lives of people in Fukushima have changed and what the future might look like for the next few generations. In their organization and hosting of the festival we see reflected the new realities of daily life in Fukushima as well as a humble but strong dedication to building a brighter future. The film chronicles their efforts with artful simplicity to deliver an important lesson for all of us.

 

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