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Hiroshima

80 %|Aug 6, 1995|Drama, War & Politics

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.

Koreyoshi Kurahara
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Roger Spottiswoode
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Cast

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