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Released
2015 · FILM

A Doctor's Sword

The remarkable survival story of Dr. Aidan MacCarthy from West Cork

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Written by
Runtime
70 min
AnimationDocumentaryWar

Synopsis

An Irish doctor survived the atomic bomb attack on Nagasaki and was given a Samurai sword for the lives he saved. 70 years later his family searches for the origin of their father's sword.

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Principal cast & crew: 9

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Edited by Ariadna Fatjo VilasShot by Michael KellyScored by Erik Gullikson

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