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- Dr. Strangelove (1964) Stanley Kubrick adapted the idea of all-out war between the Soviet Union and the United States. He tried to depict how the nuclear exchanges would eventually lead to global destruction, which to him appeared “amusing” .
- Threads (1984) .This has to be the most disturbing film on this list. Produced by the BBC, this made for TV movie shocked audiences who had never seen anything devastating like this.
- When the Wind Blows (1986) This British project depicts an elderly retiree couple before and after the nuclear attack. The couple try to get through the situation by referring to real-life pamphlets distributed by the government on how to survive an attack, but it never goes well as the couple slowly gets trapped in the radiation poisoning.
- Hadashi No Gen (1983) This outstanding Japanese animated movie features a family in 1945 Hiroshima. The tension and panic of the buildup to the bombing on August 6, 1945, is spine-chilling and incredibly well done.
Directed by Mori Masaki and starring Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Kōda and Tatsuya Jo, it depicts World War II in Japan from a child's point of view revolving around the events surrounding the bombing of Hiroshima and the main character's first hand experience of the bomb.
- 21 July 1983 (Japan)
- Issei Miyazaki, Masaki Kōda
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- Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987) Relatively well known within hardcore anime circles, The Wings of Honnêamise falls off the radar of casual fans far too frequently, which is a shame.
- Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) Though the original Vampire Hunter D is the better-known film within the anime circle, Bloodlust is arguably the better of the two in terms of quality.
- Ninja Scroll (1993) Ninja Scroll is widely lauded as a masterpiece, and one that's usually referred to as a "must-watch" for any anime fan. However, it's worth noting that some elements have aged very poorly -- problematic adult themes and graphic scenes of violence and assault certainly warrant a content warning or two.
- Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) It may not be a work of expressive art, but the anime adaptation of Street Fighter II made huge waves within the community and served as one of the principal works that brought the genre to North American audiences, courtesy of Manga Entertainment.
Future War 198X was controversial in Japan due to its depictions of nuclear war and the aftermath of war, and it was argued that the film glorified warfare, was right-wing propaganda, or was otherwise unsuitable for children to watch.
- ~600 million yen (US$6.5 million in 2023)
- Seiji Yokoyama
- Toru Yoshida
- Hiroshima (1953) Set in the aftermath of the August 6, 1945 bombing, Hideo Sekigawa’s Hiroshima follows a group of survivors, known as hibakusha, as they flee destruction and attempt to rebuild their lives.
- Black Rain (1989) Despite surviving nuclear warfare, hibakusha and their children faced enormous discrimination in post-war Japan. This was largely due to ignorance surrounding the last effects of radiation sickness and the belief that it was contagious.
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) Also known as Frankenstein Conquers the World, this is a wildly different interpretation of WWII nuclear anxiety, but an important one all the same.
- Godzilla (1954) Speaking of monster movies as metaphor for nuclear anxieties, it’s hard to talk about the genre without mentioning Godzilla. Though the original 1954 film doesn’t explicitly depict the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, they’re deeply felt in the story.
Fist of the North Star (Japanese: 北斗の拳, Hepburn: Hokuto no Ken) is a 1986 Japanese adult animated post-apocalyptic martial arts film based on the manga of the same name. It was produced by Toei Animation, the same studio who worked on the TV series that was airing at the time, with most of the same cast and crew working on both projects.
Aug 18, 2023 · The film follows Yasuko, a young Japanese woman who is unfortunately in Hiroshima when the United States drops a nuclear bomb. Luckily, Yasuko survives, but she is far from unscathed. Black Rain explores the further life of Yasuko, highlighting many of the struggles that many Japanese survivors faced in the years following the attack.