August without Emperor
Genres
Overview
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
140 min
Release Date
1978-09-23
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
3
Vote Average
7
Tsunehiko Watase
Akimasa Fujisaki
Sayuri Yoshinaga
Kyoko Fujisaki
Etsushi Takahashi
Yasuhisa Toshikura
Kei Yamamoto
Hiroaki Ishimori
Rentaro Mikuni
Tameichiro Emi
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tadashi Tojo
Kensaku Morita
Koichi Ariga
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Sergeant Yajima
Morio Kazama
Shinichirō Mikami
Captain Komori
Isao Hashimoto
Sergeant Shima
Shigeru Kōyama
Shingo Shogaki
Mizuho Suzuki
Army General Mano
Eiji Okada
Assistant General Tokunaga
Hideji Ōtaki
Noguchi
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kubo
Osamu Takizawa
Prime Minister Sabashi
Shin Saburi
Gozo Ohata
Kiwako Taichi
Saeko Nakagami
Tetsuro Tamba
Army General Mikami
Akira Kume
Trade Minister Kawasaki
Taketoshi Naitō
Labor Minister Hamao
Torahiko Hamada
Finance Minister Sone
Kappei Matsumoto
Education Minister Wako
Tomo'o Nagai
Defense Minister Yamamura
Eitarō Ozawa
Infrastructure Minister Osanai
Kuniyasu Atsumi
Cabinet Secretary Kurosu
Yuriko Kono
Chiaki Ishimori
Zenpei Saga
Junichi Hayakawa
Jun Hamamura
Secretary
Ken Hatano
Nobuo Tsukamoto
Kume
Dennis Farrell
Takashi Kanda
Kinji Omino
Tatsuo Ito
Kiyoto Harada
Nobuyuki Katsube
Tsutomu Isobe
Yasuo Kanechika
Katsumi Itô
Sōnosuke Oda
Toshiyuki Watanabe
Ryûsuke Kita
Jun Kashima
Takuya Shiba
Hideaki Komori
Keiji Tsuchida
Taku Kido
Kôei Yamamoto
Akihiko Hanyû
Tadayuki Okamoto
Hidetoshi Hasegawa
Seiji Shinohara
Shuichi Oki
Nobuo Takagi
Kazuhiro Takasugi
Kayoko Minowa
Matsuko Shiga
Yutaka Nakajima
Noriko
Jun Izumi
Yumi
Tamiko Futamura
Mari Okamoto
Yoshiko Okada
Kaneda
Ai Mori
Maki Tachibana
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5.0
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