White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
2007•1h 26m•7.6•Released
DocumentaryWar
Steven Okazaki presents a deeply moving look at the painful legacy of the first -- and hopefully last -- uses of nuclear weapons in war. Featuring interviews with fourteen atomic bomb survivors - many who have never spoken publicly before - and four Americans intimately involved in the bombings, White Light/Black Rain provides a detailed exploration of the bombings and their aftermath.
Director
Steven Okazaki
Writer
Steven Okazaki
Languages
Japanese, English, Korean
Studio
HBO Documentary Films
Cast
Harold Agnew
Self
Shuntaro Hida
Self
Kiyoko Imori
Self
Morris Jeppson
Self
Lawrence Johnston
Self
Pan Yeon Kim
Self
Etsuko Nagano
Self
Keiji Nakazawa
Self
Chiemi Oka
Self
Shigeko Sasamori
Self
Sakue Shimodaira
Self
Yasuyo Tanaka
Self
Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk
Self
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
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