Surviving the Tsunami - My Atomic Aunt
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Filmmaker Kyoko Miyake wants to find out the fate of her family's hometown Namie that used to be her childhood idyll with friendly beaches and laughing neighbours. Today, Namie is completely destroyed and, because of the radiation threat, might never be rebuilt.
Following her aunt Kuniko, Miyake starts asking questions about her nostalgic childhood memories and the harsh realities of the Japanese economic beliefs, and their sacrifices.
Why aren't people 'sacrificed' more angry? Are the western media right in depicting Japanese as too obedient? Surviving the Tsunami unearths the uncomfortable past that prevents things from being so clear-cut in the present, while slowly aunt Kuniko changes her attitude towards the state and its system – never losing her optimism and her positive outlook for long but instead gaining a healthy skepticism for everything she's being told.
The film introduces the present conflicts that the town faces through the eyes of Miyake's aunt Kuniko, once a hyperactive businesswoman operating a wedding chapel, a funeral parlor and a bakery. Kuniko and her husband, like many other residents, have evacuated to an area just outside the exclusion zone, while waiting for the publication of a radiation map telling which areas of Namie will be soon safe to return to. The delay in the publication forces them to live in limbo, while being torn between the hope to return home and the need to move on with life. All three sons have moved away with their families from the region for fear of radiation. Should Kuniko stay to give the businesses another try or should they leave it all behind?
Another conflict that the town has to face emerges: its past with failed nuclear ambitions. Miyake remembers conversations she overheard as a child about the unpopular anti-nuclear protesters... Gradually it becomes clear that the town's history of attempting to invite a power plant is still dictating its present.
The first anniversary of the tsunami marks the change in aunt Kuniko who decides to take her life back into her own hands. First, she gets a hair cut, then she starts to take exercise class, and reading books about radiation makes her join anti-nuclear protests herself. She is more skeptical and critical of the authorities than ever before now.
When Aunt Kuniko receives the radiation map, she realizes that returning to Namie is a hopeless dream. She makes a final goodbye visit to her old house in the radiated area and decides to rebuild her life somewhere else. Sadness and disappointment are inevitable, but in her optimistic way – she is active again.
Citation
Main credits
Miyake, Kyoko (screenwriter)
Miyake, Kyoko (film director)
Streiber, Gregor (film producer)
Other credits
Director of photography, Kozo Natsuumi, Shai Levy; editor, Joby Gee; original music, Shigeru Umebayashi.
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(gentle instrumental music)
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These are the streets
I ran around as a child.
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I swam at this beach.
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(gentle instrumental music)
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Namie was a place of magical summers
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where life was slow and beautiful
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and people were warm.
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My aunt Kuniko used
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to say Namie was the
best place on planet.
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(gentle instrumental music)
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Growing up in Tokyo,
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I always looked forward to
our family visits to Namie.
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It was a beautiful small village
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where nothing much happened,
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but where everyone knew each other.
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And I had the freedom
to run around and play.
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In a way, I never wanted it to change.
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(gentle instrumental music)
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For the last ten years,
I've been living in London
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and haven't thought much about Namie.
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(nuclear reactor exploding)
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(siren blaring)
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I couldn't believe what I saw on TV
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when the tsunami and nuclear
accident hit Fukushima
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on the 11th of March 2011.
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(siren blaring)
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The explosion of
the nuclear power station
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in Fukushima appears
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to have destroyed the
building housing the reactor,
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according to the latest report.
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What's not clear is how
much radiation has escaped
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and where it's spreading to.
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(Geiger counter clicking)
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(relaxing music)
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Namie is in the
Fukushima county.
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And my aunt's house is
only eight kilometers away
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from the power plant that exploded.
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(relaxing music)
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I need to go back to
see if they are okay.
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Will they ever be
allowed to return home?
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How on Earth have they ended
up becoming nuclear refugees?
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Is there anything I don't know
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about Namie that has
allowed this to happen?
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(Geiger counter beeping)
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(Geiger counter beeping)
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(wind blowing)
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My aunt Kuniko has been
granted special permission
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to enter the forbidden zone.
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While the coastal district
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of Namie was swept
away by the tsunami,
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the central town where my
aunt lives has suffered
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from the huge earthquake
and the continuous tremors.
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My aunt has always
been an entrepreneur.
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And before the accident,
she ran a wedding salon,
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a funeral parlor, and this patisserie.
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An odd mix, even by
Japanese standards.
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(Kuniko laughing)
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(Kuniko and official laughing)
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(Kuniko and official laughing)
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(gentle instrumental music)
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This lack of anger
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in my family makes me feel
somewhat foreign here.
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I can't understand
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why they still called the
power company responsible
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for the radiation, "Dear TEPCO,"
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as if they are on friendly terms,
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as if TEPCO is a wise old uncle
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who solved all their problems.
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After everything that's
happened to them,
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why aren't they angry?
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(gentle instrumental music)
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Have I been away too long?
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I am confused by this intimacy.
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(gentle instrumental music)
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(wind blowing)
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All of the
20,000 residents
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from Namie have
scattered across Japan,
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including my aunt's three sons.
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(birds chirping)
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Many people, mainly the older ones,
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have settled in temporary
housing camps set up
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on the outskirts of
the exclusion zone,
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but still within the
county of Fukushima.
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My aunt and her husband,
Mune, were lucky enough
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to find a tiny flat in the same area,
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which is about 60
kilometers from the plant.
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Their lives have been put on hold,
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as they are waiting for the government
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to publish a map in
the next few months,
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showing which areas of Namie
will be safe to return to.
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There's fear among the residents
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that the map might permanently
break up the community.
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(Kuniko laughing)
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(water gushing)
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In the area where
my aunt lives now,
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there's a massive cleanup
operation going on.
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At the moment, the radiation here is
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about 10 times higher than normal,
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even though the area is deemed
safe by the government.
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Anything above 0.2 is
considered too high for living,
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according to the
international standard.
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It's little wonder that my aunt's sons
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and most of their friends
fled far away straight
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after the disaster.
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(crickets chirping)
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(gentle instrumental music)
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I wonder how my aunt
and her neighbors can stay
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in this area before they
learn if they can return.
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It doesn't seem to be the
right place for anyone to be
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with radiation levels so high.
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(gentle instrumental music)
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Back when
I used to visit,
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my aunt was the busiest person I knew.
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She never sat down and
was usually surrounded
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by her family, neighbors,
or colleagues.
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She used to look immaculate,
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with nicely coiffed hair and makeup,
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and always smiley while
multi-tasking million things.
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In a way, she showed me
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how a busy working woman could
shine and enjoy her life.
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(Kuniko laughing)
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(gentle instrumental music)
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(Kuniko laughing)
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This was a complete
surprise to me.
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I had no idea that my family
had a connection with TEPCO.
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Why did TEPCO invite
generations of my family
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who didn't even live in
the same town as the plant?
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(relaxing music)
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(ominous music)
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(ominous music)
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(bottle clanking)
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(employees screaming)
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(employees laughing)
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(upbeat music)
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(birds chirping)
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(water gushing)
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Rumors have been
spreading at the housing camp
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that the decontamination
process is making good progress
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and that radiation levels
are dropping in Namie.
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(ominous music)
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Hopeful that she may be able
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to return sooner than she thought,
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my aunt has requested permission
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to go back to see for herself.
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(ominous music)
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(ominous music)
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My aunt's main business
was in this building,
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which was home to her
funeral and bridal services.
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She wants to see what work needs
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to be done to make them
ready for business again.
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(ominous music)
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(doors clanking)
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(camera shuttering)
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(camera shuttering)
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(gospel music)
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(singing in Japanese)
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(singing in Japanese)
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(singing in Japanese)
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(Geiger counter clicking)
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(ominous music)
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(ominous music)
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(ominous music)
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(Geiger counter clicking)
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The publication of
the map has been delayed.
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And my aunt has been waiting
for nearly a year now,
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unable to move on with her life.
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This is the first time
I've seen her begin
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to doubt if she will ever return.
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(ominous music)
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(Geiger counter clicking)
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(birds chirping)
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(monks chanting)
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My uncle, Bunsei,
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who is a town councilor,
is chairing this service,
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commemorating Namie's 184 dead.
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(monks chanting)
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Many people here believe
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that their loved ones
could have been saved,
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had the rescue operation
not been canceled the day
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after the tsunami
due to the radiation.
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It's believed that the
possible cause of death
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for some of them was not a
physical injury or drowning,
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but starvation.
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(monks chanting)
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The room was filled
with untapped emotions.
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For an outsider like me,
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this silence was odd
and somewhat unsettling.
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But I wonder how much
longer people could go on,
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holding them in?
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(relaxing music)
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With no sign of the
much anticipated map,
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people have begun to speculate
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where the dividing lines will
be drawn by the government.
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(relaxing music)
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For my aunt
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and many of the other
residents clinging
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to the idea of returning home,
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the map has come to
symbolize their last hope.
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(relaxing music)
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(Kuniko and hairdresser laughing)
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(Kuniko laughing)
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(crowd chattering)
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(crowd chattering)
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(crickets chirping)
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I can't help but feel a bit uncomfortable
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at my aunt's frustration towards people in Tokyo.
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I feel stuck between two worlds.
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(ominous music)
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Traveling from Tokyo to
Fukushima has started
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to feel really bizarre.
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(ominous music)
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The 90-minute bullet
train journey feels
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as much like traveling
to another world
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as the flight from London to Tokyo.
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(ominous music)
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The nightscape in Tokyo is
as bright as it ever was.
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We've stopped hearing the
word meltdown in the news.
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After the first anniversary,
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even my friends have stopped asking me
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how my family are doing.
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One of them recently
said she didn't know
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there were still people
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in Fukushima struggling
to rebuild their lives.
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She thought it had all been solved.
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So long as the lights
stay on in Tokyo,
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nobody seems to care what
happens in Fukushima.
00:32:42.372 --> 00:32:44.789
(gentle instrumental music)
00:32:55.586 --> 00:32:58.316
(birds chirping)
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(birds chirping)
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For me, Namie
was a pretty town.
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And visiting there felt
like watching an old movie.
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But looking back on it now,
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the town did feel like it
had been stuck in time.
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And I see that beneath this
picture postcard surface,
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they were desperately searching
00:33:55.710 --> 00:33:58.459
for a way to keep their town alive.
00:33:58.459 --> 00:34:01.626
(ocean wave rumbling)
00:34:04.155 --> 00:34:08.144
(helicopter engine whirring)
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(ocean wave rumbling)
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(crow cawing)
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It's beginning
to make sense.
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I can now remember how my grandmother
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and her neighbors gossiped
about those who had not agreed.
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They were counting down the number.
00:36:05.610 --> 00:36:06.933
Five left.
00:36:07.950 --> 00:36:09.190
Four left.
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(clock ticking)
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I heard recently that those
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who had not agreed sometimes
found their house covered
00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:22.920
in excrement or a
hearse parked outside.
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Three left.
00:36:24.750 --> 00:36:25.738
Two left.
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(clock ticking)
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(ocean wave rumbling)
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After four decades of courting,
00:36:33.330 --> 00:36:36.120
the plan and many people's dream
00:36:36.120 --> 00:36:37.920
to build a nuclear power plant
00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:41.444
in Namie has been swept
away by the tsunami.
00:36:41.444 --> 00:36:44.611
(ocean wave rumbling)
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(birds chirping)
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I feel disillusioned to find out
00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:56.730
that Namie tried to get a
power station of their own
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and alienated those
who opposed the plan.
00:37:00.444 --> 00:37:03.930
(crowd chattering)
00:37:03.930 --> 00:37:05.550
It's disturbing to learn
00:37:05.550 --> 00:37:07.860
that the idyllic town I romanticized
00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:11.640
as a city girl was not so
peaceful and harmonious,
00:37:11.640 --> 00:37:14.402
but was, in fact,
riddled with infighting.
00:37:14.402 --> 00:37:17.402
(children laughing)
00:37:22.902 --> 00:37:25.485
(dogs barking)
00:38:17.942 --> 00:38:21.609
(Kuniko and Kyoko laughing)
00:38:22.538 --> 00:38:25.538
(crickets chirping)
00:39:10.136 --> 00:39:12.803
(ominous music)
00:39:28.277 --> 00:39:30.944
(ominous music)
00:39:35.665 --> 00:39:37.800
The government
has published the map,
00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:39.900
finally letting my aunt know
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whether she will be able
to return home or not.
00:39:43.003 --> 00:39:44.282
(gentle instrumental music)
00:39:44.282 --> 00:39:47.199
(printer whirring)
00:40:50.090 --> 00:40:52.507
(gentle instrumental music)
00:40:59.430 --> 00:41:01.620
I have come to
understand better
00:41:01.620 --> 00:41:04.050
why Namie wanted a power plant
00:41:04.050 --> 00:41:07.653
and why people still have
conflicted feelings towards TEPCO.
00:41:08.580 --> 00:41:10.260
I am beginning to feel that
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if I had been there thirty
or forty years ago,
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or come to think about
it, even two years ago,
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I would probably have supported
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the nuclear power plant as well.
00:41:20.827 --> 00:41:23.850
(gentle instrumental music)
00:41:23.850 --> 00:41:26.460
At the same time, it's made me aware
00:41:26.460 --> 00:41:30.450
of the spectacular
contradictions in my own life.
00:41:30.450 --> 00:41:33.210
In the middle class suburb of Tokyo,
00:41:33.210 --> 00:41:36.660
I grew up believing that
anything nuclear was bad,
00:41:36.660 --> 00:41:40.710
while happily using the
electricity provided by TEPCO,
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not noticing that my own family
had also been swept along
00:41:44.910 --> 00:41:46.774
by the nuclear fever.
00:41:46.774 --> 00:41:49.524
(drums thumping)
00:41:57.655 --> 00:42:00.655
(audience clapping)
00:42:02.268 --> 00:42:05.018
(drums thumping)
00:43:10.804 --> 00:43:13.387
(wind blowing)
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With no prospect of
returning while alive,
00:44:38.070 --> 00:44:41.790
my aunt and uncle have
decided to visit Namie again
00:44:41.790 --> 00:44:44.730
to salvage whatever
that is dear to them.
00:44:45.779 --> 00:44:48.529
(water sloshing)
00:47:02.292 --> 00:47:04.875
(crows cawing)
00:47:40.587 --> 00:47:43.337
(birds chirping)
00:49:57.215 --> 00:49:59.632
(gentle instrumental music)
00:50:38.588 --> 00:50:41.005
(gentle instrumental music)
00:51:05.037 --> 00:51:07.454
(gentle instrumental music)
00:51:35.247 --> 00:51:37.664
(gentle instrumental music)
00:52:23.261 --> 00:52:26.511
(music continues)
Distributor: First Hand Films
Length: 73 minutes
Date: 2013
Genre: Expository
Language: English / English subtitles
Grade: 10-12, College, Adults
Color/BW:
Closed Captioning: Available
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