A Doctor's Sword

A Doctor's Sword (2015)

August 7th, 20151h 10min

Documentary, Animation, War
50%

Overview

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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