Record of Life: Those Who Fought in the Okawa Tsunami Trial
Seen it?2023 | 124 min | Documentary
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- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious.
- The mood
- Eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 2 hr 4 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
On March 11, 2011, Okawa Elementary School in Ishinomaki City was engulfed by a tsunami, and 74 children, or 70% of the school's children, were killed. 51 minutes elapsed between the earthquake and when the tsunami reached the school. The school was informed of the tsunami and a school bus was on standby, but students did not evacuate. Okawa Elementary was the only school that suffered a large number of casualties in this earthquake. This documentary follows the lawsuit that followed the disaster, where the parents sought the truth behind the tragedy.
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Cast & crew
Directed by Kazuhiro Terada