CHILDREN OF HIROSHIMA
TCM, 8:00 p.m. ET
Tonight TCM presents a prime-time double feature devoted to recalling the impact of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima. This first film, 1952’s Children of Hiroshima, is a combination drama and documentary. Actors are cast in roles of various survivors of the 1945 bombing of that Japanese city, but actual footage and settings are used extensively. The result is a film that is overtly emotional – just as director Kaneto Shindo intended.