Blind Bombing, Filmed by a Bat
During WWII, the Japanese army developed experimental balloons able to cross the Pacific Ocean and reach the West Coast of North America in 3-6 days. Armed with explosives, they were given the code name fu-go, or fusen bakudan (“fire balloons,” or balloon bombs) in an attempt to instill a culture of fear like that caused by the far more deadly American firebombing of Japanese cities. The U.S. responded by enacting a censorship campaign, requesting newspapers avoid reports of fu-go landings or sightings. Living near the remains of a fu-go launch site in Fukushima Prefecture, Takeuchi mimics their flight take-off using a drone camera, and, traveling to North America, follows their arrival across the shoreline and rural landscapes, using a bat’s echolocation as narrative device to place fu-go and Fukushima as echos across history.
- Status
- Released
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- Language
- Japanese
- world war ii
- bat
- aerial combat
- avant-garde
- bombing
- casualty of war
Release dates
United StatesUS
- Digital / OTTJapan Cuts 202017 Jul 2020
JapanJP
- Premiere28 Apr 2020
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- When was Blind Bombing, Filmed by a Bat released?
- Blind Bombing, Filmed by a Bat was released on 28 April 2020.
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- Who directed Blind Bombing, Filmed by a Bat?
- Blind Bombing, Filmed by a Bat (2020) was directed by Kota Takeuchi.
- How long is Blind Bombing, Filmed by a Bat?
- Blind Bombing, Filmed by a Bat runs for 32m.
