Why are there so many movies about Pearl Harbor and isn’t there (a popular) about Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Question

200000 dead civilians, including children

Calm, I am only talking about movies! I like the United States too...

Answer 1

WATCH FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

Answer 2

1. Because Pearl harbor is local and easier to recreate while Hiroshima and Nagasaki requires that you explode nuclear bombs and destroy entire sets.

2. Fat Man and Little Boy was about the building or the bomb.

Pearl Harbor is a combination of both Pearl harbor and the dropping of the bombs.

Answer 3

Hollywood is in America, and it was the only main part of the States attacked during the war..... History is indeed written by the one with money.

Richard Gere's first film was about Hiroshima, a quiet film by Kurosawa called DREAMS... about a Japanese American living in Hawaii, and his brother in Nagasaki, and how the son repairs the family rift after the war.

I think it is far worse when Hollywood re writes our (UK) history... like the fact we captured the enigma machine and broke the code. The token American troops in British war battles. The shameful rewriting of history, William Wallace, Ireland, American revolution - to show a nice anti British facet.

Answer 4

Im afraid your perception of this particular event is somewhat blinkered.

In actual fact,more people were killed by conventional bombing of Japan than by the atom bombs used.On this basis,it could be suggested that the use of these bombs,bringing a Japanese surrender early may have saved many more lives.

The invasion of Japan by american forces was likely to have cost up to a million american casualties alone against many more million Japanese.Thus concluding ,the atomic weapons ultimately saved many more lives than they took.
Let it be known that the Japanese were the aggressors in this campaign.Without such acts of war ,there would have been no retaliation.
In fact,Japanese refusal to surrender despite no possible hope of surviving the American action could be really more to blame than anyone else.

It is common knowledge that the Japanese were cruel and ruthless in their dealings with civilians and POWs alike.These people gave no quarter and subsequently none was given.

Obviously,your question is a cliched anti american rant.You would benefit greatly from choosing your enemy more carefully.There are so many more suitable candidates out there than the United States.

Answer 5

There was movie made about the build up to the bombing on Hiroshima, from both sides. I saw it ages ago in Cash Generators and it was about 4 hours long.

Answer 6

I think that would make a really good film. Picture this: young couple in love, newly married, guy in the air force, girl gone to Hiroshima for work/to be close to her family or any other excuse. She's pregnant with his baby, he finds out and is happy, she gives birth in Hiroshima, bomb drops. It would make a very tearful & sweet (ok and REALLY depressing) movie. But it would also give a chance for people to think more about why we kill each other. You should write to hollywood or wherever and suggest something like it.

Answer 7

Because there is not a winner nor a loser. Both sides "lost". For Japan, it was the number of people dead. For the US, it ushered in a new deadly age. Just ask Albert Einstein.

Answer 8

It would be a short movie, don't you think? The attack on Pearl Harbor lasted for several hours, but when they bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki there was just one big boom each...

Answer 9

'History is written by the victors'

Not to mention that the Americans had tight control over the media in Japan for quite some time. Manga was the response, and it has been pretty popular.

Answer 10

It was such a traumatic thing to happen to the United States. So many died and we pay tribute now in film.

Answer 11

Give them time..Steven Speilberg's bank account is hitting an all time low.