Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima (1986)

Japanese husband and wife muralists Iri and Toshi Maruki are known for their depictions of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Their collaborative relationship is unique: one paints a painfully detailed vision of the victims of the atomic blast; the other conceals the carefully delineated brush strokes with a grey-black ink “wash.” The first artist restates the specifics of the image; the second re-conceals. Through the repetition of this process, the work emerges.

Released

1986-10-10

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

58 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

John Junkerman, Michael Camerini, James MacDonald

TMDB rating

6.4/10 from 5 votes