Japanese film director tells of ongoing aftermath of nuclear testing on Marshall Islands

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Japanese film director tells of ongoing aftermath of nuclear testing on Marshall Islands
The Mainichi
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Shiori Okawa, director of the documentary film "Tarinae," is seen during an interview in Tokyo's Taito Ward on Dec. 24, 2020. (Mainichi/Emi Naito)
TOKYO -- Shiori Okawa, 32, who directed a documentary film on the Marshall Islands to pass down the footprints left by war, says she felt residents were still physically and mentally affected by the U.S. hydrogen bomb tests conducted at Bikini Atoll when she lived there for three years.
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture south of Tokyo, Okawa worked at a Japanese firm in the Marshall Islands after graduating from Keio University. She shows the tragedy of war through interaction with locals in the area, where Japanese soldiers died of hunger and traces of war still remain, in her first film "Tarinae" released in 2018.

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