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Hashima Island (端島, or simply Hashima, as -shima is a Japanese suffix for 'island'), commonly called Gunkanjima (軍艦島, meaning 'Battleship Island'), is a tiny abandoned island off Nagasaki, lying about 15 kilometres (8 nautical miles) from the centre of the city.
The episode also explores Hashima Island in Japan, which was formerly host to several coal mines, but was left to nature in 1974 as the mines became depleted, having since become a tourist attraction as a result of its well-preserved ruins and as a site of industrial heritage.
Mitsukejima. Mitsukejima (見附島) is an uninhabited island in Suzu, Ishikawa, Japan.Because of its shape, it is also known as Gunkanjima (軍艦島, "Battleship Island"), which is also the common name given to Hashima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture.
The Hashima setting was included after Craig met with Swedish film-maker Thomas Nordanstad while shooting The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in Stockholm. Nordanstad, who produced a short 2002 documentary on the island entitled Hashima , recalled Craig taking extensive notes during the meeting, but was unaware of his interest in it until Skyfall ...
In this debut documentary about her home city Point-à-Pitre, Paisley depicts the unvarnished and often harsh realities of isolated living in the French Carribean island. In “L’Homme Vertige ...
The question of what it means to be a Hong Konger is examined in Chan Tze-woo’s innovative and affecting hybrid documentary “Blue Island.” Artfully editing footage of the 2019-2020 protests ...
The Hashima meteorite of circa 1910, which landed in Hashima City (see meteorite falls) Hashima District, Gifu (羽島郡), a nearby district in Gifu Prefecture, Japan Hashima Island (端島) (nicknamed Gunkanjima , which translates to "Battleship Island"), an uninhabited island in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, formerly home to a coal mining facility
A city-produced documentary tribute to seven military generals who were raised in Quincy will appear at the 2024 Block Island Film Festival. A city-produced documentary tribute to seven military ...