Hiroshima [Blu-ray]

Overview

It is altogether fitting that the first major film about the bombing of Hiroshima should emerge from a Japanese studio. The atomic bomb is dropped at the beginning of the film; the remaining 80 minutes deals with the horrible aftermath. The episodic screenplay deals with too many victims to offer a focussed point of view on the event. The only character with whom the audience can identify for any extended period of time is a young boy who managed to survive the bombing, but who has been orphaned and is thus subject to scrutiny and persecution by the harried authorities. The film closes with a "ten years later" coda, as the now-grown-up boy reflects upon his life since that fateful August day in 1945.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/14/2020
UPC:	0760137384588
Original Release:	1953
Source:	Arrow Video
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	22,610

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Eiji Okada	Kitagawa
Isuzu Yamada	Mine
Yumeji Tsukioka	Miss Yonehara

Technical Credits

Hideo Sekigawa

Director