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. |
Name | Character | Episodes |
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Kenneth Welsh | President Harry S. Truman | 2 |
Ken Jenkins | Secretary of State James F. Byrnes | 2 |
Wesley Addy | Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson | 2 |
Bernard Behrens | Asst. Secretary of War John J. McCloy | 2 |
J. Winston Carroll | Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone | 2 |
Colin Fox | Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal | 2 |
George R. Robertson | Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy | 2 |
Tom Rack | Under Secretary of the Navy Ralph Bard | 2 |