Hiroshima Movie Review 1995

Haunting depiction re-reates the circumstances surrounding the dropping of the first atomic bomb in 1945. Juxtaposes scenes between the U.S., Japan, and their leaders--President Truman (Welsh) and Emperor Hirohito (Umewaka)--with the development of the Manhattan Project, the bombing itself, and its consequences. Filmed primarily in B&W, with newsreel and contemporary witness interviews in color; Japanese sequences are subtitled in English. Filmed on location in Montreal and Tokyo.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 180 minutes.
Originally from Japanese, Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Historical Drama, World War II, Japan, Meltdown, Docudrama

Screenplay

John Hopkins, Toshiro Ishido

Cast

Kenneth Welsh, Naohiko Umewaka, Wesley Addy, Richard Masur, Hisashi Igawa, Ken Jenkins, Jeffrey DeMunn, Leon Pownall, Saul Rubinek, Timothy West, Koji Takahashi, Kazuo Kato

Cinematography

Pierre Mignot, Shohei Ando

Director

Roger Spottiswoode, Koreyoshi Kurahara

Producer

Telescene Films, Daiei, Showtime