Hiroshima / Hallmark Entertainment in association with Showtime Network Inc. and Adelson Entertainment presents a Telescene Communications Inc. (Canada)/Daiei Company Ltd. in association with Cine Bazar (Japan) production ; a Roger Spottiswoode film ; producer, Kazutoshi Wadakura ; screenplay by John Hopkins, Toshiro Ishido ; directors, Roger Spottiswoode, Koreyoshi Kurahara.

The story of the final months of World War II. While war rages in the Pacific, newly installed President Truman and his chiefs of staff wrestle with the unprecedented moral question of whether to drop the atomic bomb, and Emperor Hirohito and his proud Samurai generals face the moral dilemma of whet...

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Corporate Authors: Hallmark Entertainment (Firm), Showtime Networks, Adelson Entertainment, Telescene Communications Inc, Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, Cine Bazar, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, Platinum Disc Corporation
Other Authors: Spottiswoode, Roger, Kurahara, Koreyoshi, 1927-2002, Wadakura, Kazutoshi, Hopkins, John, 1931-1998, Ishidō, Toshirō, 1932-2011, Addy, Wesley, Gow, David, Igawa, Hisashi, Jenkins, Ken, 1940-, Larkin, Sheena, Masur, Richard, Matsumura, Tatsuo, 1914-2005, DeMunn, Jeffrey, 1947-, Pownall, Leon, Reineke, Gary, Robertson, George R., 1933-, Rubinek, Saul, 1948-, Satō, Kei, 1928-2010, Takahashi, Kōji, Umewaka, Naohiko, 1958-, West, Timothy, Welsh, Kenneth
Language:English
Japanese
Language and/or Writing System:
In English and Japanese (subtitled in English)
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : La Crosse, Wis. : Echo Bridge Home Entertainment ; Platinum Disc Corp., [2004], ©2004.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Drama.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945 > Drama.
Historical films.
Television mini-series.
Documentary-style television programs.
Genre:
Drama.
Historical films.
Television mini-series.
Documentary-style television programs.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
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The story of the final months of World War II. While war rages in the Pacific, newly installed President Truman and his chiefs of staff wrestle with the unprecedented moral question of whether to drop the atomic bomb, and Emperor Hirohito and his proud Samurai generals face the moral dilemma of whether to surrender or fight on to the end.
Note:"A Canada/Japan co-production."
Includes documentary/newsreel footage and interviews.
Originally broadcast as a mini-series by Showtime in 1995.
Videorecording.
Call Number:PN1995.9.H5 H58 2004 VideoDVD
CL1 D0046867 VideoDVD
Credits:Directors of photography, Pierre Mignot, Shohei Ando ; camera operator, Norio Teranuma ; editors, Denis Papillon, Dominique Fortin, John Soh ; production designers, Anne Pritchard, Hiroshi Tokuda.
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Cast: Wesley Addy, David Gow, Hisashi Igawa, Ken Jenkins, Sheena Larkin, Richard D. Masur, Tatsuo Matsumura, Jeffrey DeMunn, Leon Pownall, Gary Reineke, George Robertson, Saul Rubinek, Kei Sato, Kohji Takahashi, Naohiko Umewaka,. Timothy West, Kenneth Welsh.