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Mood:
- Captivating
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Plot:
- Head of StateSoldierPoliticsAnti WarDisasterHolocaustPolitical UnrestWartime Life more...
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Genres:
- DramaHistoricalPeriodWarMini Series
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century40sWorld War 2
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Place:
- AsiaJapanNew YorkUSAOffice
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Hiroshima, 1995
English, Japanese
Canada, Japan
Profile of Hiroshima
The mood of Hiroshima is captivating. The plot centers around the Holocaust, a head of state, and anti-war themes. It is a drama, period, and war TV show. Stylistically, Hiroshima is a mini-series. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, in an office. Hiroshima is set in Japan and New York. It happens in the 20th century.
Summary of Hiroshima
This powerful three-hour miniseries from directors Roger Spottiswoode and Koreyoshi Kurahara, about the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II, takes a balanced view of the events leading up to that cataclysmic event, dramatizing the agonizingly difficult decisions faced by both President Truman (Kenneth Walsh) and Emperor Hirohito (Naohiko Umewaka). Interviews with real politicians, soldiers, and witnesses are also included here, adding to the program's sharp sense of history and realism.
Details
| Language: | English, Japanese |
| Country: | Canada, Japan |
| Release date: | 6 August 1995 |
| Runtime: | 190 min |
| Seasons: | 1 |
Cast and Crew
as Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson
as Col. Paul Tibbets
as Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki
as Adm. William D. Leahy
as J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Gen. Leslie R. Groves
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