Ashes to Honey

Ashes to Honey
Ashes to Honey
	Original poster
Directed by	Hitomi Kamanaka
Produced by	Shūkichi Koizumi
Production; company	Group Gendai
Release date	September 18, 2010 (Ishikawa);
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Ashes to Honey (ミツバチの羽音と地球の回転, Mitsubachi no haoto to chikyū no kaiten), (literally "Humming of Bees and Rotation of the Earth") is a Japanese documentary directed by Hitomi Kamanaka and released in 2010.^[1] It is the third in Kamanaka's trilogy of films on the problems of nuclear power and radiation, preceded by (also known as Radiation: A Slow Death) and Rokkasho Rhapsody.^[2]

Content[]

The documentary covers the long struggle of the residents of Iwaijima island in the Inland Sea of Japan to prevent the construction of a nuclear power plant across the bay.^[3] It compares the situation to Sweden, where models of sustainable energy are being explored.

Production[]

Kamanaka began filming the documentary in 2008 and completed it in 2010. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake took place right during the film's first Tokyo screening.^[4]

Reception[]

In a poll of critics at Kinema Junpo, Ashes to Honey was selected as the fifth best documentary of 2011.^[5]

References[]

^ "Mitsubashi no haoto to chikyū no kaiten". Cinema Today (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 December 2012.
^ "Mitsubashi no haoto to chikyū no kaiten Kawanaka Hitomi". Eiga Geijutsu (in Japanese). Retrieved 1 December 2012.
^ Tolley, Gail (18 November 2011). "Ashes to Honey is the film of the moment". The Independent. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
^ Kamanaka, Hitomi (2012). Ashes to Honey booklet. Zakka Films.
^ "2011-nen Dai 85-kai Kinema Junpō besuto ten". Kinema Junpō. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2012.