Hiroshima 29 years old

The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.

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.

Credits

Hiroshima Cast

Name	Character
Kenneth Welsh He was 53, now 82 years old	as President Harry S Truman
Wesley Addy He was 82, 83 years old when he died	as Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
Tatsuo Matsumura He was 80, 90 years old when he died	as Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki

Hiroshima Crew

Name	Department
Roger Spottiswoode as Director. He was 50 (now 79) years old	Directing
John Hopkins as Writer. He was 12 (15) years old when He died	Writing
Koreyoshi Kurahara as Director. He was 68 (75) years old when He died	Directing
Toshirô Ishidô as Writer. He was 63 (79) years old when He died	Writing