Kikujiro Fukushima, photographer, died at 94

  Dead Famous

Kikujiro Fukushima, born March 15, 1921, and died September 24, 2015.

He is a Japanese photographer author of the book “Postwar Japan that was not photographed: From Hiroshima to Kikujiro.”

The documentary film “Nippon no Uso” (JAPAN LIES – The Photojournalism of Kikujiro Fukushima, Age 90 provides insight into the life of Kikujiro.

Based on Kikujiro’s 250,000 photos and his own experiences, the film shows the little-known side of Japan’s postwar path.

Directed by Saburo Hasegawa and produced by Documentary Japan, the film was released on August 4, 2012 in Tokyo.

Kikujiro died at age 94 on September 24, 2015.