Hiroshima
The Horror, the pain and the suffering of Hiroshima!
2005 | 89m | English
Popularity: 5 (history)
| Director: | Paul Wilmshurst |
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| Writer: | Paul Wilmshurst |
| Staring: |
| The documentary recounts the world's first nuclear attack and examines the alarming repercussions. Covering a three-week period from the Trinity test to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the program chronicles America's political gamble and the planning for the momentous event. Archival film, dramatizations, and special effects feature what occurred aboard the Enola Gay (the aircraft that dropped the bomb) and inside the exploding bomb. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 06, 2005 |
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| Director: | Paul Wilmshurst |
| Writer: | Paul Wilmshurst |
| Genres: | War, Documentary, Drama, History |
| Keywords | radiation, atomic bomb, world war ii, interview, hiroshima, japan, radioactivity, docudrama, seppuku, archive footage, burn victim, mushroom cloud, historical reenactment, old footage, war documentary, testimony, hiroshima bombing |
| Production Companies | BBC, ZDF, Discovery, TF1 |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 06, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| John Hurt | Narrator (voice) |
| Shuntaro Hida | Self - Hiroshima Survivor |
| Robert Austin | Winston Churchill |
| George Anton | Parsons |
| George Elsey | Self - Military Advisor |
| Paul Tibbets | Self - Pilot, Enola Gay |
| Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk | Self - Navigator, Enola Gay |
| Akiko Takakura | Self - Hiroshima Survivor |
| Daniel Ben Zenou | Beser |
| Ed Bishop | Stimson |
| Katsumi Cho | Admiral Yonai |
| Noboru Akima | General Anami |
| Lee Colley | Van Kirk |
| Garry Cooper | Groves |
| Kenneth Jay | Harry Truman |
| Haruka Kuroda | Akiko Takakura |
| Tim Matthews | Major Thomas Ferebee |
| Shane Rimmer | James F. Byrnes |
| Fredrick Ruth | Robert Oppenheimer |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer | Self (archive footage) |
| Harry S. Truman | Self (archive footage) |
| Emperor Hirohito of Japan | Self (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Paul Wilmshurst | Director, Writer |
| Jim Spencer | Line Producer |
| Daniel Pemberton | Original Music Composer |
| Weronika Migoń | Assistant Director |
| Katarzyna Lewińska | Costume Supervisor |
| Ewa Skoczkowska | Production Design |
| Alan Spalding | Production Design |
| Ewa Helman-Szczerbic | Costume Design |
| Anna Dąbrowska | Makeup Artist |
| Laura Schalker | Hairstylist |
| Kat Law | Standby Painter |
| Jacek Hamela | Sound Recordist |
| Earle Stuart Callender | Visual Effects Producer |
| James Fitzpatrick | Music |
| Julie Press | Script Editor |
| Witold Ozimek | First Assistant Camera |
| Nick Justin | First Assistant Director |
| Graham Smith | Director of Photography |
| Luke Dunkley | Editor |
| Horacio Queiro | Editor |
| Gary Davy | Casting |
| Gareth Edwards | Visual Effects |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Paul Wilmshurst | Producer |
| Matthew Barrett | Executive Producer |
| Maciej Skalski | Associate Producer |
| Michał Szczerbic | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 5 |
| 2024 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Trending Position
| Year | Month | High | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 723 | 833 |