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

Takashi Tanemori talks about losing his sister, mother, and father in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and describes the hardship of being an orphan. He also talks about coming to the U.S. as a agricultural immigrant and being discriminated against because of his radiation sickness and for being Japa...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tanemori, Takashi Thomas, 1937- (Interviewee)
Takeda, Shinpei (Interviewer)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
In Japanese.
Published: [2009]
Series:"Hiroshima Nagasaki download" oral history interviews.
Subjects:
Tanemori, Takashi Thomas, > 1937- > Interviews.
Atomic bomb victims > Japan > Hiroshima-shi > Interviews.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Personal narratives.
Tanemori, Takashi Thomas, > 1937- > Family.
Tanemori, Takashi Thomas, > 1937- > Childhood and youth.
Japanese > United States.
Japanese Americans > Social conditions.
Radiation injuries > United States > Pubilc opinion.
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 (2 hr., 44 min., 12 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Takashi Tanemori talks about losing his sister, mother, and father in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and describes the hardship of being an orphan. He also talks about coming to the U.S. as a agricultural immigrant and being discriminated against because of his radiation sickness and for being Japanese. He says that he has moved on from being angry to forgiving his tormentors.
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 17617
Playing Time:02:44:12
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Recorded by Shinpei Takeda, June 18, 2009.