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HIROSHIMA

Directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode

Produced by Tracey Alexander
Written by John Hopkins, Toshiro Ishido
Cinematography Shohei Ando, Pierre Mignot
Editing by John Soh
Release date(s) 1995
Running time 186 min. (DVD version)
Language English, Japanese

Cast

Kenneth Welsh - President Harry S. Truman

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
George R. Robertson - Admiral William D. Leahy
Saul Rubinek - Leo Szilard
Cedric Smith - General Curtis LeMay
Bernard Behrens - Asst. Secretary of War John J. McCloy
Jeffrey DeMunn - J. Robert Oppenheimer
James Bradford - Admiral Ernest J. King
Mark Camacho - Charles Sweeney
Domenico Fiore (as Dom Fiore) - Harold Urey
Timothy West (as Tim West) - Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Naohiko Umewaka - Emperor Hirohito
Kazuo Kat - Prince Fumimaro Konoe
Tatsuo Matsumura - Prime Minister Kantar Suzuki
Hisashi Igawa - Foreign Minister Shigenori Tg
Ken Maeda - Minister of War Korechika Anami
Yuzo Hayakawa - Minister of the Navy Koshir Oikawa
Zenichi Inagawa - Baron Hiranuma Kiichir
Sakae Koike - Admiral Teijir Toyoda

Synopsis
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 HIROSHIMA

This Canadian-Japanese co-production uses both vintage historical footage

(including armed forces films and period newsreels) and contemporary dramatic
reenactments to tell the story of how the scientific and military minds behind the
Manhattan Project, under the orders of President Harry Truman (Kenneth Welsh),
developed the first atomic bomb. The weapon was first used to attack the city of
Hiroshima near the end of World War II, changing forever the shape of modern
warfare and bringing fearsome devastation to a previously quiet Japanese city.

My Review
Definitely one of the best historical movies I've seen. Doesn't cast political
dispersions on the events or judge people in hindsight, simply gives a relatively
even view of it from all sides (except for the Soviets, which would have been a
good addition, if its ever even been discovered).

They did a really good job of mixing the B&W with color, old with new

footage, etc.

Moral Message
Lots of interesting things we can learn from this hiroshima movie. The
bombing of Hiroshima and Japan by the U.S. in August 1945 became great
history and shows that war is not a good decision in resolving the conflict.
Moreover, with the use of weapons of mass destruction (nuclear bomb). Besides
requiring enormous costs, the war in this way are also massive destruction,
evident in the case of the bombing of Hiroshima, over 130 thousand people
become victims (including civilian women and children). Not only the loss of life,
these events have also left trauma for the environment. War using atomic bombs
is considered cruel and inhumane, so that it shall not be used. Therefore, the war
must be stopped.

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