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The Vow From Hiroshima is :
"A moving, intelligent and perceptive documentary that reveals both the horror of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the gallant efforts of two survivors."
Martin J. Sherwin
Co-author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, on which Christopher Nolan’s 2023 film, “Oppenheimser” was based
The August 2026 issue of Monthly JTU features an interview with Mitchie Takeuchi about the making of The Vow from Hiroshima and her relationship with Setsuko Thurlow. Published in Japanese, the interview appears in the special section “A Vow for the Future: A World Without Nuclear Weapons for Our Children.”
Monthly JTU is published by the Japan Teachers’ Union, which has approximately 200,000 members nationwide. The publication reaches approximately 300,000 readers.
Monthly JTU
"The grandchild of a hospital director who persisted to give out orders after being seriously injured in the Hiroshima atomic bombing has investigated her family history in search of the thoughts of her family members, who remained mostly silent about the atrocity."
The Mainichi
Mitchie Takeuchi's Interview on Newsweek
Newsweek
"A U.S. documentary film featuring Setsuko Thurlow, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor who has dedicated herself to the nuclear weapons abolition movement, is set to hit the screen in this city on Jan. 22."
The Mainichi
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