Hiroshima
Hiroshima
Release: 2005-08-06
·Runtime: 89m
·★ 7.2
Documentary
Drama
War
History
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America
Germany
France
Production Companies
BBC
TF1
ZDF
Discovery
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Kenneth Jay
as Harry Truman
Tim Matthews
as Major Thomas Ferebee
Harry S. Truman
as Self (archive footage)
Garry Cooper
as Groves
Haruka Kuroda
as Akiko Takakura
J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Self (archive footage)
John Hurt
as Narrator (voice)
Ed Bishop
as Stimson
Shane Rimmer
as James F. Byrnes
Shuntaro Hida
as Self - Hiroshima Survivor
Katsumi Cho
as Admiral Yonai
Fredrick Ruth
as Robert Oppenheimer
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
as Self (archive footage)
George Anton
as Parsons
Paul Tibbets
as Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
Daniel Ben Zenou
as Beser
