Film · Drama, Documentary, History, War
Hiroshima (2005)
The Horror, the pain and the suffering of Hiroshima!
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.
- Director
- Paul Wilmshurst
- Writers
- Paul Wilmshurst, Julie Press
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- August 6, 2005
Cast
John HurtNarrator (voice)
Shuntaro HidaSelf - Hiroshima Survivor- Robert AustinWinston Churchill
George AntonParsons- George ElseySelf - Military Advisor
Paul TibbetsSelf - Pilot, Enola Gay- Theodore "Dutch" Van KirkSelf - Navigator, Enola Gay
- Akiko TakakuraSelf - Hiroshima Survivor
Daniel Ben ZenouBeser
Ed BishopStimson
Katsumi ChoAdmiral Yonai- Noboru AkimaGeneral Anami
Lee ColleyVan Kirk
Garry CooperGroves
Kenneth JayHarry Truman
Haruka KurodaAkiko Takakura
Tim MatthewsMajor Thomas Ferebee
Shane RimmerJames F. Byrnes
Fredrick RuthRobert Oppenheimer
J. Robert OppenheimerSelf (archive footage)
