Japan's Longest Day
The dramatic true story of the end of WW II.
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
157 min
Release Date
1967-08-03
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
28
Vote Average
7.1
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
Toru 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
Akira Kubo
Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Naoya Kusakawa
Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
Masao Akitsuki
Kamikaze
Seiichirō Nomura
Kamikaze
Hiroo Kirino
Kamikaze
Yasuo Araki
Decapitated Man
Kenjirō Ishiyama
General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
Keikichi Taki
Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant
Susumu Fujita
Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Hiroshi Tanaka
Major Kobayashi
Yutaka Sada
Keisaku Sano
Tadayoshi Ueda
Komonta Sano
Nobuyuki Katsube
Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
Yūnosuke Itō
Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Guard Supporting the Insurgency
Hirayoshi Aono
Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
Kiyoshi Kodama
Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
Torahiko Hamada
Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
Tadashi Fukuro
Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie
Keiju Kobayashi
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Ichirō Nakatani
First Lieutnenant Kuroda
Tadasaburo Wakayama
Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori
Ren Yamamoto
Corporal
Yutaka Nakayama
Corporal
Kanta Mori
Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army
Tōru Ibuki
Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Seishirō Kuno
Battalion Commander
Yasuzō Ogawa
Policeman
Yoshibumi Tajima
Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
Yūzō Kayama
Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Michiyo Aratama
Yuriko Hara
Akio Miyabe
Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Chamberlain Okabe
Hiroshi Sekita
Staff Kamino
Hisashi Igawa
Kempeitai Lieutenant
Hiroshi Koizumi
Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Matsumoto Hakuō I
Emperor Hirohito
Tatsuya Nakadai
Narrator (voice)
Itaru Ose
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