Hiroshima

TV Movie
1995
PG
3h 10m

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Kenneth Welsh and Naohiko Umewaka in Hiroshima (1995)

The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.The grisly events leading to the first attack with a nuclear weapon.

Directors
- Koreyoshi Kurahara
- Roger Spottiswoode
Writers
- John Hopkins
- Toshirô Ishidô
Stars

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7.8/10

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Directors
- Koreyoshi Kurahara
- Roger Spottiswoode
Writers
- John Hopkins
- Toshirô Ishidô
Stars

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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 6 wins & 8 nominations total

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Trivia
While directing, Roger Spottiswoode tried to be even-handed in the portrayal of the Japanese military leaders, and it was the Japanese co-director who would keep coming back and saying "You don't really understand; they were much more intransigent than that." Some of the top military men over there had a pretty good idea of the resources required for the bomb, and didn't believe anyone could sustain the attacks.

Goofs
A comment was made in a conference with Col. Tibbets that changing course over the target from going upwind to downwind; "lowering the airspeed over the target" was not recommended. Airspeed is not a function of prevailing winds even if 1 to 3 times or more than that of the aircraft's speed. Groundspeed is the accurate term. Wind direction and speed has no effect on airspeed which is solely a function of aircraft attitude and power settings only.

Connections
Featured in The 48th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1996)

Soundtracks
Cantus in Memoriam for Benjamin Britten
Composed by Arvo Pärt

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A quality film

Hiroshima is a great film, originally made for cable, about events leading up to the A-bomb being dropped on Japan. It shows the Japanese perspective very well and is one of the better WW2 films of recent years. Surprisingly, it is mostly a Canadian production that is very accurate with the facts they put on screen. Very well done.