[Filmmaker Shinpei Takeda interviews Manabu Ashihara, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945].

Manabu Ashihara talks about his job of retrieving corpses a few days after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. He also describes his training to be a Kamikaze Boat Pilot and says that he came to Brazil for new opportunities and a fresh start.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ashihara, Manabu, 1929- (Interviewee)
Takeda, Shinpei (Interviewer)
Language:Japanese
Language and/or Writing System:
In Japanese.
Published: [2006]
Series:"Hiroshima Nagasaki download" oral history interviews.
Subjects:
Ashihara, Manabu, > 1929- > Interviews.
Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Nagasaki-shi > Interviews.
Nagasaki-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Personal narratives.
Corpse removals > Japan > Nagasaki-shi.
Military education > Japan.
Japanese > Brazil.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (1 hr., 17 min., 16 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Manabu Ashihara talks about his job of retrieving corpses a few days after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. He also describes his training to be a Kamikaze Boat Pilot and says that he came to Brazil for new opportunities and a fresh start.
Note:Title supplied.
Recorded as source material for the documentary film "Hiroshima Nagasaki download", a collection of stories from survivors of the atomic bombings and their families, directed by Shinpei Takeda.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 17523
Playing Time:01:17:16
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Recorded by Shinpei Takeda, June 4, 2006.