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Hiroshima (1995)

★ 8.3/10 190 min Drama Unknown English
Streaming: Not available
The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.

Description

Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese / Canadian film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II. Except as actors, no Americans took part in the production. The three-hour film was made for television and evidently had no theatrical release, but is available on DVD for home viewing. A combination of dramatisation, historical footage, and eyewitness interviews, the film alternates between documentary footage and the dramatic recreations. Both the dramatisations and most of the original footage are presented as sepia-toned images, serving to blur the distinction between them. The languages are English and Japanese, with subtitles, and the actors are largely Canadian and Japanese.

Top Cast

Wesley Addy
Wesley Addy Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
Kenneth Welsh
Kenneth Welsh President Harry S Truman
Tatsuo Matsumura
Tatsuo Matsumura Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki
J. Winston Carroll Chief Justice Stone

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