Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

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Nipponia Nippon – Fukushima Rhapsody

"A big banquet that begins with Fukushima!"

2019

1h 53m

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Naraho town in Fukushima Prefecture is on the front-line of the government-funded nuclear power plant decommissioning work. Kokuhei Kusunoki is transferred from Aizu Wakamatsu City to Naraho Town to take over the Disaster PR Division. Murai takes Kokuhei around Fukushima including areas washed away by the tsunami. They examine the still incomplete railway lines, the unfinished decontamination area and villages in the danger zone, where deadly cesium continues to pile up. One day Kokuhei is told to organize a party to celebrate the professor who has been appointed as deputy director of the Atomic Energy Research Institute.

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隆大介

Kokuhei Kusunoki

隆大介

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寺田農

Murai

寺田農

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Dekouto Miri

Haruka

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Yuna Keitoku

Umi

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柳沢なな

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柳沢なな

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Haruo Sekiguchi

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伊崎充則

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伊崎充則

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飯田孝男

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飯田孝男

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原知佐子

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原知佐子

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田村奈巳

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田村奈巳

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桜井浩子

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桜井浩子

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宝田明

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宝田明

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