Hiroshima
Synopsis
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. Except as actors, no Americans took part in the production. The three-hour film was made for television and evidently had no theatrical release, but is available on DVD for home viewing. A combination of dramatisation, historical footage, and eyewitness interviews, the film alternates between documentary footage and the dramatic recreations. Both the dramatisations 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.
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Full credits
| Director | Koreyoshi Kurahara, Roger Spottiswoode |
| Cast | Lynne Adams, Wesley Addy, Daisaku Akino, Allen Altman, Kazuo Arai, Taizo Ariga, Bernard Behrens |
| Screenplay | John Hopkins, Toshiro Ishido |
| Producer | Andrew Adelson, Michael Campus, Tetsuya Ikeda, Paul E. Painter, Robin Spry, Kazutoshi Wadakura |
| Cinematography | Shohei Ando, Pierre Mignot |
| Editing | Mark Conte, Dominique Fortin, Denis Papillon, John Soh |
| Production design | Anne Pritchard, Kazumi Osaka, Pierre Perrault, Ginette Robitaille |
| Visual effects | Louis Craig |
| Sound | Michel Charron |
| Costumes | Mario Davignon |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
