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.

Cast

Kenneth Welsh

President Harry S. Truman

J

J. Winston Carroll

Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone

Ken Jenkins

Secretary of State James F. Byrnes

Wesley Addy

Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson

C

Colin Fox

Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal

Tom Rack

Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard

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Hiroshima

1995 · 1 season · Ended

Drama War & Politics