Hiroshima

Paul Wilmshurst
2005-08-06

The Horror, the pain and the suffering of Hiroshima!
7.107
89 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
John Hurt Narrator (voice) Unowned
Shuntaro Hida Self - Hiroshima Survivor Unowned
Robert Austin Winston Churchill Unowned
George Anton Parsons Unowned
George Elsey Self - Military Advisor Unowned
Paul Tibbets Self - Pilot, Enola Gay Unowned
Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk Self - Navigator, Enola Gay Unowned
Akiko Takakura Self - Hiroshima Survivor Unowned
Daniel Ben Zenou Beser Unowned
Ed Bishop Stimson Unowned
Katsumi Cho Admiral Yonai Unowned
Noboru Akima General Anami Unowned
Lee Colley Van Kirk Unowned
Garry Cooper Groves Unowned
Kenneth Jay Harry Truman Unowned
Haruka Kuroda Akiko Takakura Unowned
Tim Matthews Major Thomas Ferebee Unowned
Shane Rimmer James F. Byrnes Unowned
Fredrick Ruth Robert Oppenheimer Unowned
J. Robert Oppenheimer Self (archive footage) Unowned
Harry S. Truman Self (archive footage) Unowned
Emperor Hirohito of Japan Self (archive footage) Unowned