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More than 60 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed by atomic bombs in August 1945, the issue continues to ignite controversies in the political arena. President Harry Truman's decision - to have shortened WW2 at the expanse of 350,000 Japanese civilian lives - is questioned in this documentary by the Japanese-American filmmaker Steven Okazaki, the son of a soldier who fought in WW2 for the US side. Okazaki recounts the story from the viewpoint of those who experienced the bombing by interviewing more than 500 survivors, as well US soldiers and scientists. With genuine footage filmed by Japanese cameramen and US occupation forces, the film uses devastating scenes of the cities soon after the bombings rarely seen outside military archives.
S: STEVEN OKAZAKI | C: TAKAFUMI KAWASAKI | Ca: STEVE CONDIOTTI, MASAFUMI ICHINOSE, TAKEHIKO TAMIYA | SM: JAMES LEBRECHT | S: stereo | E: STEVEN OKAZAKI | SE: PATTI TAUSCHER | P: STEVEN OKAZAKI | EP: HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS | PC: FARALLON FILMS |
STEVEN OKAZAKI
S: Script - A: Animation - C: Cinematographer - Ca: Camera - SM: Sound Mixer - S: Sound - E: Editing - M: Music - SE: Sound Editor - P: Producer - EP: Executive Producer - PC: Production Company
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