Movie

Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima (1986)

• October 10, 1986
• 58m

• Documentary

Overview

Japanese husband and wife muralists Iri and Toshi Maruki are known for their depictions of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Their collaborative relationship is unique: one paints a painfully detailed vision of the victims of the atomic blast; the other conceals the carefully delineated brush strokes with a grey-black ink “wash.” The first artist restates the specifics of the image; the second re-conceals. Through the repetition of this process, the work emerges.

Directors

John Junkerman, Michael Camerini, James MacDonald

Starring

Toshi Maruki, Iri Maruki