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World aquatics championships

World aquatics championships

(From L) Japan's Sho Sakai, Sayaka Mikami, Rin Kaneto and Reo Nishida pose after winning bronze in the mixed 3m and 10m team diving event at the world aquatics championships in Singapore on July 26, 2025.

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World aquatics championships

World aquatics championships

Japan's Rin Kaneto competes in the mixed 3m and 10m team diving event at the world aquatics championships in Singapore on July 26, 2025.

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World aquatics championships

World aquatics championships

Japan's Reo Nishida (L) and Rin Kaneto compete in the mixed 3m and 10m team diving event at the world aquatics championships in Singapore on July 26, 2025.

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World aquatics championships

World aquatics championships

Japan's Reo Nishida (L) and Rin Kaneto compete in the mixed 3m and 10m team diving event at the world aquatics championships in Singapore on July 26, 2025.

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-DIVING (CN)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-DIVING (CN)

(230807) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 7 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kaneto Kai hugs the mascot Rongbao before the men's 10m platform final of diving at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-DIVING(CN)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-DIVING(CN)

(230806) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kaneto Kai of Japan competes during the Diving Men's 10m Platform Semifinal at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-DIVING (CN)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-DIVING (CN)

(230805) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 5, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kaneto Kai of Japan competes during the men's 1m springboard final of diving at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

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(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-DIVING (CN)

(Chengdu Universiade)CHINA-CHENGDU-WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES-DIVING (CN)

(230801) -- CHENGDU, Aug. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Kaneto Kai of Japan competes during the diving men's 3m springboard semifinal at the 31st FISU Summer World University Games in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)

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Ainu museum in northern Japan

Ainu museum in northern Japan

Photo taken July 15, 2023, shows the interior of Kawamura Kaneto Ainu museum in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, reopened the same day after renovation. Established in 1916, it is Japan's oldest museum dedicated to the Ainu indigenous people.

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Ainu museum in northern Japan

Ainu museum in northern Japan

"Kamuinomi," a ritual of the Ainu indigenous people, is performed in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 15, 2023, ahead of the reopening of Kawamura Kaneto Ainu museum after renovation.

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Ainu museum in northern Japan

Ainu museum in northern Japan

Photo taken July 15, 2023, shows Kawamura Kaneto Ainu museum in Asahikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, reopened the same day after renovation. Established in 1916, it is Japan's oldest museum dedicated to the Ainu indigenous people.

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Film director Kaneto Shindo dies at 100

Film director Kaneto Shindo dies at 100

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2010 shows renowned Japanese film director and screen writer Kaneto Shindo during an interview. Shindo, known for such works as "Children of Hiroshima" and "A Last Note," died at his home in Tokyo on May 29, 2012. He was 100.

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Del Toro in Hiroshima

Del Toro in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hollywood actor Benicio del Toro (2nd from L) offers flowers at a cenotaph in Hiroshima on May 11, 2012, for people killed in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city. Del Toro is in Japan to attend an event to celebrate the 100th birthday the country's oldest active film director, Kaneto Shindo.

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Film director Shindo's 100th birthday

Film director Shindo's 100th birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Shinobu Otake (L front), actor Naomasa Musaka (L back), actor Etsushi Toyokawa (R back) and actress Maiko Kawakami (R front) gather around Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo (C) to celebrate Shindo's 100th birthday at a party in Tokyo on April 22, 2012.

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Bronze head of Japanese film director Shindo in Moscow

Bronze head of Japanese film director Shindo in Moscow

MOSCOW, Russia - A bronze head of renowned Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo, made by Russian sculptor Grigori Potocki, a friend of Shindo, is unveiled in a park in Moscow on Nov. 5, 2011. Shindo, 99, is a three-time winner of the Grand Prix at the Moscow international film festival.

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo, holding flowers, gives a speech on the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered.

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo receives applause as he heads for the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered.

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo gives a speech on the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered.

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1952 Japanese film gets U.S. premiere

1952 Japanese film gets U.S. premiere

NEW YORK, United States - A panel in the lobby of the BAMcinematek theater in Brooklyn, New York, informs visitors of a retrospective titled, ''The Urge for Survival: Kaneto Shindo,'' on April 22, 2011. The retrospective, which began the same day, will run through May 5, featuring 11 of the Japanese film director's works, including a 1952 film depicting the horrors of the atomic bomb, ''Children of Hiroshima.'' Shindo, who is from Hiroshima City, turned 99 that day.

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1952 Japanese film gets U.S. premiere

1952 Japanese film gets U.S. premiere

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken April 22, 2011, shows a building in Brooklyn, New York, where BAMcinematek is located. Japanese director Kaneto Shindo's 1952 film depicting the horrors of the atomic bomb, ''Children of Hiroshima,'' made its U.S. premiere the same day at the theater, as the director, who is from Hiroshima City, turned 99 that day.

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98-yr-old Shindo wins special Tokyo film prize

98-yr-old Shindo wins special Tokyo film prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kaneto Shindo, a 98-year-old Japanese filmmaker, waves after winning the special jury prize of the Tokyo International Film Festival with the movie ''Post Card'' in the Roppongi district on Oct. 31, 2010. ''This is my last piece,'' Shindo said.

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98-yr-old Shindo wins special Tokyo film prize

98-yr-old Shindo wins special Tokyo film prize

TOKYO, Japan - Kaneto Shindo, a 98-year-old Japanese filmmaker, comments on his winning the special jury prize of the Tokyo International Film Festival with the movie ''Post Card'' in the Roppongi district on Oct. 31, 2010. ''This is my last piece,'' Shindo said.

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Director Kaneto Shindo at Tokyo Int'l Film Festival

Director Kaneto Shindo at Tokyo Int'l Film Festival

TOKYO, Japan - Kaneto Shindo, Japan's oldest active film director at age 98, arrives at the opening event of the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival on Oct. 23, 2010, in the capital's Minato Ward. Shindo's film ''Post Card'' is competing for the festival's Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix.

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6 receive Order of Culture award

6 receive Order of Culture award

TOKYO, Japan - Six recipients of this year's Order of Culture pose for photos at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3 after being decorated by Emperor Akihito. (From L to R) are economist Ryutaro Komiya, glass-work artist Kyohei Fujita, film director Kaneto Shindo, aerospace engineer Jiro Kondo, novelist Sonoko Sugimoto and Nobel chemistry prize laureate Koichi Tanaka.

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Diving: World championships

Diving: World championships

Sayaka Mikami (R) and Rin Kaneto of Japan celebrate after winning silver in the women's 3-meter synchronised diving competition at the FINA world aquatics championships in Budapest on July 3, 2022.

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Diving: World championships

Diving: World championships

Sayaka Mikami (R) and Rin Kaneto of Japan perform in the women's 3-meter synchronised diving final at the FINA world aquatics championships in Budapest on July 3, 2022.

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Diving: World championships

Diving: World championships

Sayaka Mikami (R) and Rin Kaneto of Japan perform in the women's 3-meter synchronised diving final at the FINA world aquatics championships in Budapest on July 3, 2022.

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(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(220704) -- BUDAPEST, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mikami Sayaka/Kaneto Rin of Japan compete during the Women's Synchronized 3m Springboard Final of the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary on July 3, 2022. (Photo by Attila Volgyi/Xinhua)

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(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(220704) -- BUDAPEST, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalists Chen Yiwen (3rd L)/Chang Yani (3rd R) of China, silver medalists Mikami Sayaka (2nd L)/Kaneto Rin (1st L) of Japan and bronze medalists Maddison Keeney (2nd R)/Anabelle Smith of Australia pose with medals after the women's 3m synchronised final of diving at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, July 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(220704) -- BUDAPEST, July 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalists Chen Yiwen (3rd R)/Chang Yani (3rd L) of China, silver medalists Mikami Sayaka (2nd L)/Kaneto Rin (1st L) of Japan and bronze medalists Maddison Keeney (2nd R)/Anabelle Smith of Australia pose with medals during the awarding ceremony of the women's 3m synchronised of diving at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, July 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(220703) -- BUDAPEST, July 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mikami Sayaka/Kaneto Rin of Japan wait for the score during the women's 3m synchronised final of diving at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, July 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(220703) -- BUDAPEST, July 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mikami Sayaka/Kaneto Rin of Japan show up before the women's 3m synchronised final of diving at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, July 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(SP)HUNGARY-BUDAPEST-FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS-DIVING-WOMEN'S 3M SYNCHRONISED

(220703) -- BUDAPEST, July 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Mikami Sayaka/Kaneto Rin of Japan compete during the women's 3m synchronised final of diving at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, July 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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6 named for Order of Culture award

6 named for Order of Culture award

TOKYO, Japan - The government will award this year's Order of Culture to six people -- economist Ryutaro Komiya (top R), aerospace engineer Jiro Kondo (top C), film director Kaneto Shindo (top L), novelist Sonoko Sugimoto (bottom R), Nobel chemical prize laureate Koichi Tanaka (bottom C) and glass-work artist Kyohei Fujita. Emperor Akihito will give the awards to the six at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, Culture Day, a national holiday. (Kyodo)

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6 receive Order of Culture award

6 receive Order of Culture award

TOKYO, Japan - Six recipients of this year's Order of Culture pose for photos at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3 after being decorated by Emperor Akihito. (From L to R) are economist Ryutaro Komiya, glass-work artist Kyohei Fujita, film director Kaneto Shindo, aerospace engineer Jiro Kondo, novelist Sonoko Sugimoto and Nobel chemistry prize laureate Koichi Tanaka. (Kyodo)

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Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Rie Kaneto responds to the audience after winning the women's 200-meter breaststroke in a Japanese record time at the national swimming championships in Tokyo on April 9, 2016. Kaneto secured a ticket to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Rie Kaneto responds to the audience after winning the women's 200-meter breaststroke in a Japanese record time at the national swimming championships in Tokyo on April 9, 2016. Kaneto secured a ticket to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Rie Kaneto competes in the women's 200-meter breaststroke at the national swimming championships in Tokyo on April 9, 2016. Kaneto won the event in a Japanese record time, and secured a ticket to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Rie Kaneto responds to the audience after winning the women's 200-meter breaststroke in a Japanese record time at the national swimming championships in Tokyo on April 9, 2016. Kaneto secured a ticket to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Rie Kaneto competes in the women's 200-meter breaststroke at the national swimming championships in Tokyo on April 9, 2016. Kaneto won the event in a Japanese record time, and secured a ticket to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Rie Kaneto responds to the audience after winning the women's 200-meter breaststroke in a Japanese record time at the national swimming championships in Tokyo on April 9, 2016. Kaneto secured a ticket to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Kaneto secures Rio ticket in 200-meter breaststroke

Rie Kaneto competes in the women's 200-meter breaststroke at the national swimming championships in Tokyo on April 9, 2016. Kaneto won the event in a Japanese record time, and secured a ticket to the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Film director Shindo speaks of A-bomb movie

Film director Shindo speaks of A-bomb movie

TOKYO, Japan - Kaneto Shindo, the director of the 1952 film ''Genbaku no Ko'' (Children of the Atomic Bomb), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 20, 2010. The 98-year-old, now preparing to release another film later this year, said, ''Filmmakers must continue to make films about the atomic bombings'' of 1945. (Kyodo)

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo gives a speech on the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered. (Kyodo)

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo, holding flowers, gives a speech on the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered. (Kyodo)

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Japanese film director Shindo's new work

Japanese film director Shindo's new work

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese movie director Kaneto Shindo receives applause as he heads for the stage at a theater in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on Aug. 6, 2011, when his latest work ''Ichimai no Hagaki'' (A Postcard) premiered. (Kyodo)

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Del Toro in Hiroshima

Del Toro in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hollywood actor Benicio del Toro (2nd from L) offers flowers at a cenotaph in Hiroshima on May 11, 2012, for people killed in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city. Del Toro is in Japan to attend an event to celebrate the 100th birthday the country's oldest active film director, Kaneto Shindo. (Kyodo)

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Film director Shindo's 100th birthday

Film director Shindo's 100th birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Shinobu Otake (L front), actor Naomasa Musaka (L back), actor Etsushi Toyokawa (R back) and actress Maiko Kawakami (R front) gather around Japanese film director Kaneto Shindo (C) to celebrate Shindo's 100th birthday at a party in Tokyo on April 22, 2012. (Kyodo)

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1952 Japanese film gets U.S. premiere

1952 Japanese film gets U.S. premiere

NEW YORK, United States - A panel in the lobby of the BAMcinematek theater in Brooklyn, New York, informs visitors of a retrospective titled, ''The Urge for Survival: Kaneto Shindo,'' on April 22, 2011. The retrospective, which began the same day, will run through May 5, featuring 11 of the Japanese film director's works, including a 1952 film depicting the horrors of the atomic bomb, ''Children of Hiroshima.'' Shindo, who is from Hiroshima City, turned 99 that day. (Kyodo)

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1952 Japanese film gets U.S. premiere

1952 Japanese film gets U.S. premiere

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken April 22, 2011, shows a building in Brooklyn, New York, where BAMcinematek is located. Japanese director Kaneto Shindo's 1952 film depicting the horrors of the atomic bomb, ''Children of Hiroshima,'' made its U.S. premiere the same day at the theater, as the director, who is from Hiroshima City, turned 99 that day. (Kyodo)

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