Hiroshima
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
La Crosse, WI : Platinum Disc Corp., [2004], c1995.
Format
DVD
Status
Sequim - Digital Video Disc
DVD HIROSHI
1 available
DVD HIROSHI
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Sequim - Digital Video Disc | DVD HIROSHI | Shelving Cart |
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Published
La Crosse, WI : Platinum Disc Corp., [2004], c1995.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. with B & W sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
096009259594
Notes
General Note
"A Canada/Japan co-production."
General Note
Includes documentary/newsreel footage and interviews.
General Note
Originally broadcast as a mini-series by Showtime in 1995.
Creation/Production Credits
Directors of photography, Pierre Mignot, Shohei Ando ; camera operator, Norio Teranuma ; editors, Denis Papillon, Dominique Fortin, John Soh ; creative consultant, Matthew Asner ; military consultant (Canadian crew), Gilbert Drolet ; military advisor (Japanese crew), Shunsuke Takasugi ; Japanese translator, Kiyoko Okumura.
Participants/Performers
Wesley Addy, David Gow, Hisashi Igawa, Ken Jenkins, Sheena Larkin, Richard D. Masur, Tatsuo Matsumura, Jeffrey De Munn, Leon Pownall, Gary Reineke, George Robertson, Saul Rubinek, Kei Sato, Kohji Takahashi, Naohiko Umewaka, Timothy West, Kenneth Welsh.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD.
Language
In English and Japanese (subtitled in English).