Hiroshima (2005)
The Horror, the pain and the suffering of Hiroshima!
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.
- Date of release
- 2005-08-06
- TMDB
- 7.1 / 10 (61)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, War, History
- Director
- Paul Wilmshurst
Casting
- John Hurt — Narrator (voice)
- Shuntaro Hida — Self - Hiroshima Survivor
- Robert Austin — Winston Churchill
- George Anton — Parsons
- George Elsey — Self - Military Advisor
- Paul Tibbets — Self - Pilot, Enola Gay
- Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk — Self - Navigator, Enola Gay
- Akiko Takakura — Self - Hiroshima Survivor
- Daniel Ben Zenou — Beser
- Ed Bishop — Stimson
- Katsumi Cho — Admiral Yonai
- Noboru Akima — General Anami
Interesting facts
Hiroshima is a BBC docudrama that premiered as a television special on 5 August 2005, marking the eve of the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The programme was aired on the Discovery Channel and BBC America in the United States. The documentary features historical reenactments using firsthand eyewitness accounts and computer-generated imagery of the explosion. The film won an Emmy and three BAFTA awards in 2006.
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