Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima

Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima — Plot

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.

• Release date
• October 10, 1986
• Runtime
• 58 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• John Junkerman