Hiroshima (1995 film)

Hiroshima
Directed byKoreyoshi Kurahara
Roger Spottiswoode
Written byJohn Hopkins
Toshiro Ishido
Produced byRobin Spry
Kazutoshi Wadakura
Andrew Adelson
Tracey Alexander
Michael Campus
Tetsuya Ikeda
Paul E. Painter
Starringsee below
CinematographyShohei Ando, Pierre Mignot
Edited byJohn Soh
Mark Conte
Dominique Fortin
Denis Papillon
Production
companies
Distributed byShowtime Network
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
186 min. (DVD version)
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese

Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese-Canadian war drama 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. The three-hour film was made for television (Showtime Network) and had no theatrical release.[2]

A combination of dramatization, historical footage, and eyewitness interviews, the film alternates between documentary footage and dramatic recreations. The dramatizations and most of the original footage are presented as sepia-toned images, serving to blur the distinction between them. The languages are English and Japanese, with subtitles, and the actors are largely Canadian and Japanese.

  1. ^ a b Who's Who in Canadian Film and Television. Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. 2002. p. 309. ISBN 978-0771576003. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Marill, Alvin H. (2005). Movies Made for Television, 1964-2004: 1990-1999. Scarecrow Press. p. 230. ISBN 9780810851740. Retrieved October 20, 2022 – via Google Books.