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