Hiroshima

Hiroshima

Limited Series 1995 · 2 eps · ★ 8.0 · Drama, War & Politics

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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. A combination of dramatisation, historical footage, and eyewitness interviews, the film alternates between documentary footage and the dramatic recreations.

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode · Written by Toshirō Ishidō

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Kenneth Welsh President Harry S. Truman
J. Winston Carroll Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone
Ken Jenkins Secretary of State James F. Byrnes
Wesley Addy Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
Colin Fox Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal
Tom Rack Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard
Bernard Behrens Asst. Secretary of War John J. McCloy
George R. Robertson Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy

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