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Hiroshima maiden
- Title
- Hiroshima maiden [videorecording] / PBS ; produced by Jean O'Neill ; an Arnold Shapiro production.
- Publication
- Chicago : Public Media, 1988.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | Y VTH 1922 | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Darling, Joan.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- In the summer of 1955, Miyeko, a young Japanese survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb, comes to stay with an American family in Connecticut while she waits to be admitted to a hospital to undergo surgery to repair some of the scarring from the bomb's radiation. She encounters hostility from the family's eldest son Johnny. He and his friends enjoy playing war games, especially "Japs" versus the Marines, and Miyeko's arrival elicits racist behavior on their part. In order to eradicate the barriers between them, Miyeko tells Johnny about the terrible day when the bomb fell, injuring her and killing her parents. Throughout her ordeal, Miyeko's grandmother gave her support, encouragement and the strength to withstand the hurtful taunts of others. At the conclusion, Miyeko leaves to have her operation and eventually returns to Japan. Johnny comes to realize the horror of war and its toll on innocent victims like Miyeko. Hiroshima maiden is an original story based on a historical event. Twenty-five young Japanese survivors of the bomb were invited to the U.S. to receive reconstructive surgery shortly after World War II, a time when inimical feelings between the American and Japanese people still ran deep.
- Series Statement
- (WonderWorks)
- Uniform Title
- WonderWorks (Television program)
- Subjects
- Note
- Based on the story by Jean O'Neill, Tom Shima, Steven Hensley, J. Miyoko Hensley.
- Credits (note)
- Director, Joan Darling; teleplay, Kenneth Cavander; director of photography, John Toll; editor, Debra McDermott; music, Richard Stone.
- Performer (note)
- Susan Blakely, Tamlyn Tomita, Richard Masur, Stephen Dorff.
- Title
- Hiroshima maiden [videorecording] / PBS ; produced by Jean O'Neill ; an Arnold Shapiro production.
- Imprint
- Chicago : Public Media, 1988.
- Series
- (WonderWorks)
- Credits
- Director, Joan Darling; teleplay, Kenneth Cavander; director of photography, John Toll; editor, Debra McDermott; music, Richard Stone.
- Cast
- Susan Blakely, Tamlyn Tomita, Richard Masur, Stephen Dorff.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Darling, Joan.
- Added Title
- WonderWorks (Television program)
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 1922 H