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Hiroshima - the Movie is a radio play by Michael Wall. It was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 06 August 1985, and won a Giles Cooper Award and a Sony Award that same year. The running time is 58 minutes[1].

Plot[]

A filmmaker makes a movie about Hiroshima, aided by a young Japanese girl.

Cast[]

  • Paul - Bill Patterson
  • Sachiko - Megumi Shimanuki
  • Bruce - Robin Summers
  • Japanese Girl - Naoko Mori
  • Commentator/2nd American - Blain Fairman
  • Japanese Voice/Takada - Togo Igawa
  • American Woman/Paul's Mother - Gwen Cherrell
  • British POW/American Man - David Sinclair
  • Japanese Kid - Kenjiro Hori
  • Japanese Girl (non-speaking) - Midori Matsumoto
  • Japanese Boy (non-speaking) - Daisuke Shinoda

Directed by Jeremy Mortimer

Critical Reception[]

References[]

  1. Best Radio Plays of 1985 Methuen/BBC 1986
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