The President and the Emperor

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