NEW YORK — A 20-minute trailer for a film about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who survived the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki and died in January, was shown during the recent New York Peace Film Festival.
"I think he must be so happy, just as he was happy in the United Nations four years ago speaking out, and this film is definitely his wish," Hidetaka Inazuka, the producer of "Twice Bombed, Twice Survived, Part II," told an audience of about 70 on March 26 at the kickoff of the three-day annual film festival.
He was referring to Yamaguchi's compelling drive to share his experiences with the world in the hope that by retelling his story there would never be another atomic bombing.