A Japanese film depicting the struggles of a Japanese woman who survives the Aug. 6, 1945, atomic bombing of Hiroshima premiered in the United States on Thursday.
The movie, known as "Chichi To Kuraseba" in Japan and "The Face of Jizo" in the United States, was shown at a theater at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as part of the Global Hibakusha Film Festival being held in Boston between April 14 and April 24. The festival is organized by students and teachers at Tufts University and MIT in Boston.
"The Face of Jizo" is based on a play of the same name written by Japanese playwright Hisashi Inoue, who says he hopes as many people as possible in the United States and other countries possessing nuclear weapons can see the film.
The film, directed by Kazuo Kuroki, was shown in Japan last summer.