The Mushroom Club

Directed and produced by Steven Okazaki.
At once a personal reflection and a moving portrait of a city and its people, this film explores the legacy of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The myths surrounding the devastating incident, the lives of the remaining survivors and the city’s monuments to its dead provide active battlegrounds for Japan’s pacifist and militarist factions in contemporary Japanese politics. The Mushroom Club reveals how Japan struggles to this day with a fateful moment in its past.
35mm. 35 mins.