Hiroshima

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. 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

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