Lists of Films on Atomic Bombs

The other day, I revived one of lost blog posts written in 2005. It was entitled "New books on atomic bombs." An overseas friend of mine wrote a comment on it and asked me if I knew a similar list of movies or documentaries. I did not know such a list. So, I made a search on the Internet, and results gotten are summarized here.

Lists of films on atomic bombs available on the Web

1. Films about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (19 entires)
2. Documentary films about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (subcategory of the above category) (9 entries)
3. List of Japanese films on atomic bombs on the page "原爆映画特集" (Feature: Atomic Bomb Movies) (19 entries)

The third list above is difficult for the overseas friend to understand. Thus, I made a modified list as given below by including a few entries from the first two lists, adding English titles and providing links to English Wikipedia pages when available.

I wish that these films that convey the colossal tragedy the atomic bombs brought are appreciated by a lot more of people world over and that total elimination of nuclear weapons is realized as soon as possible.

List of Japanese films on atomic bombs (a modification of the list at "原爆映画特集")

Note: English titles are official ones except for those given in parentheses, which are used to indicate to be the literal translation by T.T. Some of Wikipedia pages explain not only about the film but also dramas, books, etc. of the same title; and some others contain an extremely brief description only.

	Year of release	Japanese title	English title
1	1950	長崎の鐘	The Bells of Nagasaki
2	1952	原爆の子	Children of Hiroshima
3	1953	ひろしま	(Hiroshima)
4	1955	生きものの記録	I Live In Fear
5	1959	第五福竜丸	(Lucky Dragon 5)
6	1963	母	(Mother)
7	1970	地の群れ	Apart from Life
8	1976	はだしのゲン	Barefoot Gen
9	1977	はだしのゲン: 涙の爆発	Barefoot Gen: Explosion of Tears
10	1980	ヒロシマのたたかい: はだしのゲンPART3	Barefoot Gen: PART3 Battle of Hiroshima
11	1983	この子を残して	Children of Nagasaki
12	1983	せんせい	(Sensei)
13	1988	さくら隊散る	(Team Sakura Wiped Out)
14	1988	TOMORROW 明日	Tomorrow
15	1989	黒い雨	Black Rain
16	1991	八月の狂詩曲	Rhapsody in August
17	2001	H Story	H Story
18	2002	鏡の女たち	Women in the Mirror
19	2004	父と暮せば	The Face of Jizo
20	2005	二重被爆	(Double exposure)
21	2007	夕凪の街 桜の国	Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
22	2007	馬頭琴夜想曲	Matouqin Nocturne
23	2009	妻の貌	(Wife's Face)