Filmmaker Yoshida receives prize from France

Filmmaker Yoshida receives prize from France

PARIS, France - Japanese filmmaker Kiju Yoshida (file photo), 70, has been granted France's prestigious Order of Arts and Literature award for contributing to bilateral cultural exchanges through his work. He received the award on Feb. 25.

A-bomb film by director Yoshida shown at Cannes

A-bomb film by director Yoshida shown at Cannes

CANNES, France - Japanese director Kiju Yoshida (C) attends the premiere of his film ''Women in the Mirror'' May 23 at the 55th Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France. The film, starring Yoshida's wife, actress Mariko Okada (R), aims to show the psychological impact of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima and the war through telling the story of the life of a woman exposed to radiation.

Filmmaker Yoshida receives prize from France

Filmmaker Yoshida receives prize from France

PARIS, France - Japanese filmmaker Kiju Yoshida (file photo), 70, has been granted France's prestigious Order of Arts and Literature award for contributing to bilateral cultural exchanges through his work. He received the award on Feb. 25. (Kyodo)

A-bomb film by director Yoshida shown at Cannes

A-bomb film by director Yoshida shown at Cannes

CANNES, France - Japanese director Kiju Yoshida (C) attends the premiere of his film ''Women in the Mirror'' May 23 at the 55th Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France. The film, starring Yoshida's wife, actress Mariko Okada (R), aims to show the psychological impact of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima and the war through telling the story of the life of a woman exposed to radiation.