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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.989 |
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
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