Hellfire: A Journey from Hiroshima

1986· 58 min★ 7.4· Documentary

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.

Cast: Toshi Maruki, Iri Maruki

Director: Michael Camerini, John Junkerman, James MacDonald