White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

2007•1h 26m•7.6/10

DocumentaryWar

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7.6/10(32)

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.

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Production

HBO Documentary Films

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Harold Agnew

Self

Shuntaro Hida

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

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self (archive footage)

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Self (archive footage)

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