Seeds: A Message from Kaz (Japanese)

"Seeds: A Message from Kaz" is a short documentary that follows Kazuye Suyeishi (aka Kaz-mama), a Hiroshima A-bomb survivor and life-long peace activist. Born in the United States, Kaz-mama moved to Hiroshima as a child and survived the A-bomb blast when she was 18 years old. After the war, she returned to the United States and later dedicated her life to advocating for peace by talking about her A-bomb experience. Produced by Miyuki Iwasaki and JANM’s Watase Media Arts Center. A short version of this film is being shown as part of the "Under a Mushroom Cloud: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Atomic Bomb," on view through June 7, 2020 at the Japanese American National Museum. For more information about the exhibition, visit http://janm.org/under-a-mushroom-cloud. Interview footage of Kazuye Suyeishi for "Seeds" was provided by TSS-TV Co., Ltd. (http://www.tss-tv.co.jp/web/archive_project/english.html). The documentary was funded by the Philip and Masako Togo Kasloff Foundation. The film is also available in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsyQmPZuCaU --- Japanese American National Museum 100 N. Central Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012 http://janm.org