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Vatican Screens Film on Nagasaki Nursing Students' Relief Work for 80th Anniversary

Director Junpei Matsumoto attended, calling the film a tool for peace.

Overview

  • The screening took place on October 31 at the Vatican as part of events marking 80 years since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.
  • The film depicts nursing students providing relief in Nagasaki immediately after the atomic bombing.
  • Junpei Matsumoto, a Nagasaki-born Catholic and third-generation survivor, was present and expressed hopes for the work to advance peace.
  • Organized with the Embassy of Japan to the Holy See, the event at the Filmoteca Vaticana drew roughly 50 Vatican staff and diplomats.
  • The audience responded with sustained applause, and attendees voiced that the tragedy must never be repeated.