Hiroshima: BBC History of World War II
2005
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- The Beginning or the End (1947) MGM's The Beginning or the End was the first major Hollywood film about the atomic bomb. The film was originally intended to educate the world on the danger of nuclear weapons, but during production, the script was repeatedly changed to include distortions of history (via Mother Jones).
- Children of Hiroshima (1952) The Japan Teachers Union commissioned Children of Hiroshima, another film that was based on the testimonies found in Children of the A Bomb: Testament of the Boys and Girls of Hiroshima.
- Hiroshima (1953) A 1950s anti-war film, Hiroshima was based on a 1951 collection of eyewitness accounts of child survivors titled Children of the A Bomb: Testament of the Boys and Girls of Hiroshima.
- Barefoot Gen (1983) Barefoot Gen was written by Keiji Makazawa, who was a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Makazawa lost most of his family during or shortly after the bombing and went on to draw from his experiences in his work.
Aug 6, 2007 · With Harold Agnew, Shuntaro Hida, Kiyoko Imori, Morris Jeppson. Using extensive interviews with survivors and archival footage, an examination reveals the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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- 2007-08-06
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186 min. (DVD version) Languages. English, Japanese. Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese-Canadian war drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II.
- 1995
- John Hopkins, Toshiro Ishido
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- Hiroshima (1953) Set in the aftermath of the August 6, 1945 bombing, Hideo Sekigawa’s Hiroshima follows a group of survivors, known as hibakusha, as they flee destruction and attempt to rebuild their lives.
- Black Rain (1989) Despite surviving nuclear warfare, hibakusha and their children faced enormous discrimination in post-war Japan. This was largely due to ignorance surrounding the last effects of radiation sickness and the belief that it was contagious.
- Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) Also known as Frankenstein Conquers the World, this is a wildly different interpretation of WWII nuclear anxiety, but an important one all the same.
- Godzilla (1954) Speaking of monster movies as metaphor for nuclear anxieties, it’s hard to talk about the genre without mentioning Godzilla. Though the original 1954 film doesn’t explicitly depict the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings, they’re deeply felt in the story.
Aug 4, 2023 · Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer in “Oppenheimer.”. (Universal Pictures) By Emily Zemler. Aug. 4, 2023 5 AM PT. On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on...
Sep 12, 2023 · After the public got a newsreel glimpse of what the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki did to the Japanese, the footage lay dormant for more than two decades — shaping how the U.S ...
Rated: 4/5 • Oct 6, 2007. Aug 6, 2007. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Using extensive interviews with survivors and archival footage, an examination reveals the aftermath of the atomic bombing of ...
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