The Little Flying Fish Gets Sick

The Little Flying Fish Gets Sick

I can really fly!

1982 · 19 min · Animation, History, War

The peaceful passage of daily life in the Pacific Ocean is upended in a flash on March 1, 1954, with the first American nuclear test at Bikini Atoll. The far-reaching fallout forever changes the lives of the ocean’s cheerful inhabitants.

Directed by Noriyuki Itaya · Written by Noriyuki Itaya

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