[Filmmaker Shinpei Takeda interviews Toru Uematsu, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945].

Toru Uematsu says that he was born in Peru, but went to Japan before the war started to attend. He describes the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing and talks about the Makurazaki Typhoon which hit Japan in September, after the bombings. Uematsu also talks about staying in Hiroshima and Tokyo after t...

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Other Authors: Uematsu, Tōru, 1929- (Interviewee), Takeda, Shinpei (Interviewer, Recordist)
Language:Japanese
Series:"Hiroshima Nagasaki download" oral history interviews.
Subjects:
Uematsu, Tōru, > 1929- > Interviews.
Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Hiroshima-shi > Interviews.
Typhoons > Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Japanese > Peru.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Personal narratives.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives.
Oral histories.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (3 hr., 3 min., 45 sec)).
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Toru Uematsu says that he was born in Peru, but went to Japan before the war started to attend. He describes the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing and talks about the Makurazaki Typhoon which hit Japan in September, after the bombings. Uematsu also talks about staying in Hiroshima and Tokyo after the war and finally returning to Peru after Peru had again established diplomatic relations with Japan. He says that he is now the only living survivor of the atomic bombing in Peru and that once there had been four.
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.
Recorded by Shinpei Takeda.
Call Number:Voice 17559
Playing Time:03:03:45
Event Details:
Recorded 2007 January 5.