“Hibakusha” 被爆者(ひばくしゃ) , 2012 as the single-word title implies was about atomic-bombing survivors.
Kaz Suyeishi is the protagonist of this animated film was a Japanese-American 12 year-old “hibakucha” (atom-bomb survivor). Kaz Suyeishi was a member of “The American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivors; and, annually at the Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles officiates the “Hiroshima Peace Flame” service. The date of 6th August annually is the Hiroshima-Nagaski service; but, since 1989 the “Hiroshima Peace Flame” (shown below) is a ceaseless flame housed by the Koyasan Buddhist Temple.
Kaz Suyeishi is the protagonist of this animated film was a Japanese-American 12 year-old “hibakucha” (atom-bomb survivor). Kaz Suyeishi was a member of “The American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivors; and, annually at the Koyasan Buddhist Temple in Los Angeles officiates the “Hiroshima Peace Flame” service. The date of 6th August annually is the Hiroshima-Nagaski service; but, since 1989 the “Hiroshima Peace Flame” (shown below) is a ceaseless flame housed by the Koyasan Buddhist Temple.
“Hibakusha” 被爆者(ひばくしゃ) , 2012 as the single-word title implies was about atomic-bombing survivors. Kaz Suyeishi was the protagonist of this animated film was a Japanese-American 12 year-old “hibakucha” (shown in the top photo at 88 years-old). Kaz Suyeishi lived to be 90 years-old. In the photograph, Kaz Suyeishi is presenting a “ceaseless’ flame for peace. Kaz Suyeishi attended in August of every year in Los Angeles at the Koyasan Buddhist Temple of the “American Society of Hiroshima-Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivors”.
Choz Belen & Steve Nguyen’ “Hibakusha” 被爆者【ひばくしゃ】, 2012 “biopic” animation of the life of Kaz Suyeishi is a valued film of Japanese-Americans.
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