The Town of Iidate: Radiation and the Return Home

The Town of Iidate: Radiation and the Return Home

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 4, 2013

Runtime

1h 59m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

飯舘村 放射能と帰村

Director

Toshikuni Doi

Description

In March 2011, the world was stunned by the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. Today, the people of Iidate, a town outside the 30km radiation exclusion zone around the nuclear power plant, are still suffering. The direction of the wind, rain and snow caused radiation to reach dangerous levels and the entire town was forced to evacuate.