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Dr. Shinichiro Akizuki Dies Date: 10/22/2005 |
| Dr. Shinichiro Akizuki has died from respiratory failure on October 20th at 8:55AM. He was 89 years old. His life's story as a courageous doctor treating those exposed to the effects of the atomic bomb drop in Japan at the end of World War II is the basis for the new animated film Nagasaki 1945: Answers No Kane we reported on Yesterday. Dr. Akizuki's private funeral was managed by his close relatives on the 22nd. A special memorial will be held on November 27. On August 9, 1945 he was the director of a hospital less than a mile from the epicenter of the explosion. With scarcely any of the neccesary medical equipment and medicine, he and his staff ventured out into a city ravaged by only the second such device to be unleased on a civilian population center in war. Radiation victim doctor Takashi Nagai was considered a personal friend. His accounts from the event were compiled into the bestselling 1966 book "Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Record" (66 years). The doctor setup the "Nagasaki Peaceful Promotion Society" and the "Testimony To Nagasaki" movement to pass on the truth of radiation exposure as the founding chief director. He was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa cultural prize in 1972. |
| Source: Anime News Service |
