Hiroshima (1000) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1000 · 190 mins · English

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Directed by

Roger Spottiswoode, Koreyoshi Kurahara

Starring

Colin Fox, Wesley Addy, Ken Jenkins, George R. Robertson, Kenneth Welsh, Bernard Behrens

The 1995 Japanese‑Canadian film, directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode, examines the decision‑making that led the U.S. to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the close of WWII. Blending dramatized recreations, footage and eyewitness interviews, the film weaves documentary material and dramatic scenes.