Abstract
An example of a universal memory is the bombing of Hiroshima. The various representations and usages of the specific event provide with a fascinating case study on the way collective memories are shaped and manipulated. This chapter focuses on the way the film ( Hiroshima mon amour ) contains the tragedy of Hiroshima, and analyses its role in reshaping Hiroshima in various collective memories in the context of the late 1950s. Hiroshima mon amour tells the personal events of two people who meet briefly in Hiroshima in August 1957, twelve years after the bomb. One of the most notable films on this topic, is the Japanese pseudo-documentary or rather autobiographical docudrama entitled H Story . Directed by Suwa Nobuhiro and released in 2001, it is less of an allegory, but it still reflects the ongoing difficulties to deal with the issue of Hiroshima, this time on the Japanese side. Keywords: bombing of Hiroshima; H Story ; Hiroshima mon amour ; Japanese pseudo-documentary; Suwa Nobuhiro
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