<story><title>1953 &apos;Phantom&apos; A-bomb film &apos;Hiroshima,&apos; with 88,000 extras, screening in Tokyo</title><url>https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230729/p2a/00m/0et/006000c</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>durkie</author><text>In light of the release of Oppenheimer, people have been talking about, basically, the other side of the development of atomic weapons.&lt;p&gt;John Hersey&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;Hiroshima&amp;quot; article from the August 23, 1946 edition of the New Yorker came up as the definitive piece on the immediate impact of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima, and it is a gripping read: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newyorker.com&amp;#x2F;magazine&amp;#x2F;1946&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;31&amp;#x2F;hiroshima&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newyorker.com&amp;#x2F;magazine&amp;#x2F;1946&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;31&amp;#x2F;hiroshima&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>koheripbal</author><text>Yes, although they touched on the impact of the bomb on Japanese civilians a little, they didn&amp;#x27;t really do it justice, and it&amp;#x27;s a shame because I think it would have really provided an important insight on why Oppenheimer&amp;#x27;s views changed over time.&lt;p&gt;The movie lacked a cohesive story anyway, so that would have added some meaning.</text></comment>
<story><title>1953 &apos;Phantom&apos; A-bomb film &apos;Hiroshima,&apos; with 88,000 extras, screening in Tokyo</title><url>https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230729/p2a/00m/0et/006000c</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>durkie</author><text>In light of the release of Oppenheimer, people have been talking about, basically, the other side of the development of atomic weapons.&lt;p&gt;John Hersey&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;Hiroshima&amp;quot; article from the August 23, 1946 edition of the New Yorker came up as the definitive piece on the immediate impact of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima, and it is a gripping read: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newyorker.com&amp;#x2F;magazine&amp;#x2F;1946&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;31&amp;#x2F;hiroshima&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.newyorker.com&amp;#x2F;magazine&amp;#x2F;1946&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;31&amp;#x2F;hiroshima&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>throw0101a</author><text>The word &amp;quot;article&amp;quot; is used loosely, as it was later published as a (31,000-word, 160p) book:&lt;p&gt;* &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Hiroshima_(book)&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Hiroshima_(book)&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>