Hotaru No Ki New Guinea Sensen No Chinkon

[Machine Translation] The documentary program "Hotarunoki" (1997, produced by TV Nishinippon and broadcast by Fuji Television Network, winner of the Excellence Award at the Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Festival). The filmmakers went to New Guinea in search of the "Hotarunoki", a single tree with tens of thousands of fireflies shining on it. The "Hotarunoki" finally opens the mouths of the survivors, and they begin to talk about their own wars. The director of the same program that caused a stir in New Guinea, including the interviews and testimonies that could not be broadcast on TV, prayerfully depicts the fierce battlefield of Eastern New Guinea, which is rarely covered in the media.

ドキュメンタリー番組「螢の木」(1997年、テレビ西日本制作、フジテレビ系列放送、文化庁芸術祭優秀賞受賞)。一本の木に数万のホタルが輝く「螢の木」を探しにニューギニアへ。そして「螢の木」をきっかけに、ようやく重い口を開き、それぞれの戦争を語りはじめる生還者たち。波紋を投じた同番組のディレクターが現地取材の模様、またテレビで放映できなかった証言を含め、とりあげられることの少ない激戦地、東部ニューギニア戦線を祈りをこめて描く。