Contributions by A-bomb victims and those with a war experience

A documentary film “Hiroshima Nagasaki” directed by Steven Okazaki

and released in July 2007 depicts A-bomb victims as they are in a genuine

and pure way and is free from pushing of an antiwar message or a political

or religious doctrine seen in some other movies I saw in the past.

Immediately after I saw the film I had a marvelous sensation from the

bottom of my heart creating an inner dialogue, “We must never allow

nuclear weapons, wars are meaningless, and what can I do to stop

repeating such mistakes.”

Why can we blame those young people who do not know Japan’s active engagements in wars, the Atomic bombing in Japanese cities creating a hell

and misery to many citizens, and those young people who are ignorant of historically important dates of August 6 and 9, 1945? Why, because neither parents nor teachers teach about them.

I think we, A-bomb victims and those with a war experience, can make contributions by telling our own experiences as accurately as we can.

Scales dropped off from my eyes upon ending of the film “Hiroshima and Nagasaki” and I was awakened to the truth about the single most important

thing we could do to testify continuously on that abominable memory of

the past.

Our group, Suginami Koyu-kai (Suginami A-bomb victims association)

continues its peace campaign through conveying the experience of

A-bombing to inform people about the horrors, miseries, and

meaninglessness of it. We shall pass our stories of those incidences of

“deep sorrow of mankind” so that peace is handed over to our future

generations.

Please go without fail and see the film “Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” (White light/Brack rain)

Tsumoru Momikura

Chairperson

Suginami Koyu-kai

(A-bomb victims association)

Translation by Yoshio Hida