The President and the Emperor
By MIM
The President and the Emperor
The extraordinary inside story of the most controversial decision in the history of modern warfare - the order to drop the atomic bomb.
Drawn from first-hand accounts of those involved and declassified top secret American and Japanese documents from 1945, this documentary drama unfolds through the eyes of the two people at the centre of this world changing event - President Harry S.Truman and Showa Emperor Hirohito of Japan.
Starring Clifton Daniel, President Truman's grandson, as Harry S. Truman and Sadao Ueda as Emperor Hirohito
Written by Guy Smith, Directed by Jonathan Kydd, Produced by Ashley Byrne.
A Made in Manchester Production
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Exclusive New Landmark Drama: The President and the Emperor - Episode Three: BABY SATISFACTORILY BORN
The extraordinary inside story of the most controversial decision in the history of modern warfare - the order to drop the atomic bomb. Drawn from first-hand accounts of those involved and declassified top secret American and Japanese documents from … -
Exclusive New Landmark Drama - The President and the Emperor Episode Two: THE ALTERNATIVE OPTION
The extraordinary inside story of the most controversial decision in the history of modern warfare - the order to drop the atomic bomb. Drawn from first-hand accounts of those involved and declassified top secret American and Japanese documents from … -
Exclusive New Landmark Drama: The President and the Emperor - Episode One: THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
The extraordinary inside story of the most controversial decision in the history of modern warfare - the order to drop the atomic bomb. Drawn from first-hand accounts of those involved and declassified top secret American and Japanese documents from … -
To accompany the Exclusive New Drama - The President and the Emperor - In Conversation with Samuel Barnett who plays Robert Oppenheimer
To accompany our exclusive new drama The President and the Emperor, acclaimed actor Samuel Barnett who plays 'father of the bomb' Robert Oppenheimer chats about taking on historical figures as characters - and what it means to play the famous nuclear… -
To Accompany the Exclusive New Drama - The President and the Emperor - In Conversation with Sadao Ueda who plays Emperor Hirohito
To accompany production of our epic new landmark drama about the decision to drop the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, Sadao Ueda chats to Ashley Byrne about playing Emperor Hirohito. Sadao grew up in Japan and here he talks abou… -
To Accompany the Exclusive New Drama - The President and the Emperor - In Conversation with Clifton Truman Daniel who plays his grandfather President Harry S Truman
As we play out the epic new landmark drama about the decision to drop the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, Clifton Truman Daniel chats to Ashley Byrne about playing his grandfather in The President and the Emperor. Clifton talks …