Japan Synopsis
Nijuu hibaku, Kataribe Yamaguchi Tsutomu no yuigon
Tsutomu Yamaguchi is a hibakusha. A survivor of both atomic bomb blasts in 1945. First at Hiroshima, then again at Nagasaki. Now nearing 90, Yamaguchi finally speaks out. Breaking taboos of shame and sorrow, he responds to a call to fight for a world without nuclear weapons by telling his story, so that no one else will ever have to tell one like it again. Twice reconstructs Yamaguchi’s experiences in 1945 Japan, interviews him on the after-effects of exposure and documents the last five years of the late-blooming activist’s life.
The 2009–2011 Japan Window
400 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Twice: The Extraordinary Life of Tsutomu Yamaguchi sits at position #65.
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The 2010s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Twice: The Extraordinary Life of Tsutomu Yamaguchi premiered. 1769 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #864 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (81st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Documentary productions specifically: #7 of 50 (top 14%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Spoken Languages | English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | NHK, NHK Enterprises |
| Runtime | 53m |
| Release Date | January 5, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1931497 |