
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Overview
Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.
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Original Language | ja |
Popularity | 2.768 |
Directed By
Kihachi Okamoto
Crew
Kihachi Okamoto
Soichi Oya
Shinobu Hashimoto
Tsuruzô Nishikawa
Shin Watarai
Iwao Akune
Sanezumi Fujimoto
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Masaru Satō
Hiroshi Murai
Yoshitami Kuroiwa
Michio Yamamoto
Kunihiko Watanabe
TOP CAST

Seiji Miyaguchi
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

Rokkō Toura
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato

Chishū Ryū
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

Sō Yamamura
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

Toshirō Mifune
War Minister General Korechika Anami

Yoshio Kosugi
Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade

Takashi Shimura
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

Etsushi Takahashi
Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Takao Inoue
Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita

Tadao Nakamaru
Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki

Toshio Kurosawa
Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
Akira Kitchôji
General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Haruo Yamada
Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff

Ryōsuke Kagawa
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro

Ushio Akashi
President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma

Isao Tamagawa
Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Tōru Takeuchi
Naval Surgeon Kobayashi

Takeshi Katō
Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

Kyuzo Kawabe
Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu

Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
Kazuko Iida
General
Shiro Kida
General
Shiyuki Tanaka
General
Keisuke Yamada
Journalist

Kōji Mitsui
Old Journalist

Yoshio Tsuchiya
Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

Shōgo Shimada
Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Goro Morino
Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Insurgent Commander

Minoru Takada
Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau

Daisuke Katō
Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Shigeki Ishida
Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director

Jun Tazaki
Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group

Akihiko Hirata
Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group

Sachio Sakai
Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief

Nobuo Nakamura
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Shin Tatsuoka
Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)

Ryuji Kita
General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
Akiji Nomura
Major Nakamura

Yū Fujiki
Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor
Kazuo Kitamura
Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief

Fuyuki Murakami
Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka

Hyo Kitazawa
Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose

Masao Imafuku
Marshal Shunroku Hata

Hideyo Amamoto
Captain Takeo Sasaki

Shigeru Kōyama
Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section

Jun Hamamura
Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
Kaku Oze
Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War

Makoto Satō
Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division