Series
Hiroshima
Canada · Japan- Creator
- Roger Spottiswoode
- Year
- 1995
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.
Episodes
Top cast
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
Created by
Roger Spottiswoode
Directed by
Roger Spottiswoode, Koreyoshi Kurahara
Written by
Toshirō Ishidō, John Hopkins
