Hiroshima (2005)

7.2/10 89 min Documentary Drama War History

Overview

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.

Cast

John Hurt

Narrator (voice)

Shuntaro Hida

Self - Hiroshima Survivor

George Anton

Parsons

Paul Tibbets

Self - Pilot, Enola Gay

Daniel Ben Zenou

Beser

Ed Bishop

Stimson

Katsumi Cho

Admiral Yonai

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)

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