Owaranai Tabi: Reise ohne Ende

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Owaranai Tabi: Reise ohne Ende 2014 Poster
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The world after WWII is largely defined as nuclear age. The nuclear energy has been sold as “peaceful” use of atoms, while in essence it is the same as nuclear weapons. The film visits the people and land damaged by pursuit of atomic power both as weapons as well as sources of energy around the world and questions the future of nuclear age.

When Fukushima nuclear plant accident happened, I resorted to a book titled ‚Please Listen‘, a compilation of anti-nuclear newsletters by my mother who died 16 years ago.

Following in her footsteps, I started on a journey questioning nuclear age.
Through travels in France, Bikini Atoll, and Kazakhstan, I found scars of nuclear age deeply engraved even after 60 years, and thought this might be Fukushima 60 years from now.

We claim to have harnessed the power of the atom, but perhaps it is humankind that is under its control.
My journey in search of answers continues.

3 years after the accident, the situation in Fukushima remains dangerous, though it is mostly forgotten in the shade of “economic growth”. In its epilogue, the film shows newly revealed shuddering facts of the accident.