---
title: 'Hiroshima (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hideo Sekigawa'
released: '1953-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hiroshima-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045875/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Hiroshima (1953)

1953 · Drama, War · Japan

Original title: ひろしま

## Synopsis

Hiroshima (ひろしま) is a 1953 Japanese docudrama film directed by Hideo Sekigawa about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its impact on a group of teachers, their students, and their families. The film was based on the eye-witness accounts of the hibakusha children compiled by Dr. Arata Osada for the 1951 best-selling book Children Of The A Bomb: Testament Of The Boys And Girls Of Hiroshima , and was filmed with the support of tens of thousands of Hiroshima residents.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hideo Sekigawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hideo-sekigawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Yasutarō Yagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasutaro-yagi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Akira Ifukube](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-ifukube)
- **Producer:** [Takeo Takei](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeo-takei), [Takeo Itō](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeo-ito-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Shun'ichirō Nakao](https://cinepixo.com/people/shun-ichiro-nakao)

## Cast

- [Kenzō Kawarasaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenzo-kawarasaki)
- [Yasushi Nagata](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasushi-nagata)
- [Eitarō Matsuyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/eitaro-matsuyama)
- [Masao Mishima](https://cinepixo.com/people/masao-mishima)
- [Shizue Kawarazaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/shizue-kawarazaki)
- [Sakae Umezu](https://cinepixo.com/people/sakae-umezu)
- [Saburō Ukita](https://cinepixo.com/people/saburo-ukita)
- [Eiji Okada](https://cinepixo.com/people/eiji-okada)
- [Isuzu Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/isuzu-yamada)
- [Harue Tone](https://cinepixo.com/people/harue-tone)
- [Kenji Susukida](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-susukida)
- [Hatae Kishi](https://cinepixo.com/people/hatae-kishi)
- [Yoshi Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshi-kato)
- [Masami Shimojō](https://cinepixo.com/people/masami-shimojo)
- [Kinzō Shin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kinzo-shin)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hiroshima-1953
Film facts: Wikidata (Q11276735); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.