23 Sep 1984
Threads
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Sakura-tai Chiru
A documentary about the lives of actors in the Sakura-tai theatrical troupe, which had arrived in the island of Hiroshima to begin preparations for the staging of a play just before the atomic bombing.
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小沢栄太郎 
千田是也 
乙羽信子 
杉村春子 
滝沢修 
宇野重吉 Shôji Furuta Takako Miki 
八神康子 
殿山泰司 
浜村純 
五代目 河原崎國太郎 
利根はる恵 
嵯峨善兵
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