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Japan's Longest Day

Genre:DramaHistoryWar

Released:1967-08-03

Runtime:157

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.


Cast:

Seiji Miyaguchi

Character: Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

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Rokkō Toura

Character: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato

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Chishū Ryū

Character: Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

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Sō Yamamura

Character: Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

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Toshirō Mifune

Character: War Minister General Korechika Anami

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Yoshio Kosugi

Character: Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade

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Takashi Shimura

Character: Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

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Etsushi Takahashi

Character: Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida

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Takao Inoue

Character: Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita

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Tadao Nakamaru

Character: Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki

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Toshio Kurosawa

Character: Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section

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Akira Kitchôji

Character: General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff

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Haruo Yamada

Character: Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff

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Ryōsuke Kagawa

Character: Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro

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Ushio Akashi

Character: President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma

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Isao Tamagawa

Character: Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section

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Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Character: Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff

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Toru Takeuchi

Character: Naval Surgeon Kobayashi

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Takeshi Katō

Character: Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

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Kyuzo Kawabe

Character: Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu

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Tatsuyoshi Ehara

Character: Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura

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Kazuko Iida

Character: General

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Shiro Kida

Character: General

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Shiyuki Tanaka

Character: General

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Keisuke Yamada

Character: Journalist

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Kōji Mitsui

Character: Old Journalist

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Yoshio Tsuchiya

Character: Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

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Shōgo Shimada

Character: Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division

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Goro Morino

Character: Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman

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Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

Character: Insurgent Commander

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Minoru Takada

Character: Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau

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Daisuke Katō

Character: Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director

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Shigeki Ishida

Character: Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director

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Jun Tazaki

Character: Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group

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Akihiko Hirata

Character: Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group

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Sachio Sakai

Character: Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief

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Nobuo Nakamura

Character: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido

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Shin Tatsuoka

Character: Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)

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Ryuji Kita

Character: General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor

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Akiji Nomura

Character: Major Nakamura

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Yū Fujiki

Character: Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor

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Kazuo Kitamura

Character: Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief

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Fuyuki Murakami

Character: Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka

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Hyo Kitazawa

Character: Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose

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Masao Imafuku

Character: Marshal Shunroku Hata

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Hideyo Amamoto

Character: Captain Takeo Sasaki

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Shigeru Kōyama

Character: Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section

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Jun Hamamura

Character: Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief

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Kaku Oze

Character: Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War

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Makoto Satō

Character: Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division

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Akira Kubo

Character: Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division

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Naoya Kusakawa

Character: Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer

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Masao Akitsuki

Character: Kamikaze

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Seiichirō Nomura

Character: Kamikaze

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Hiroo Kirino

Character: Kamikaze

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Yasuo Araki

Character: Decapitated Man

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Kenjirō Ishiyama

Character: General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army

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Keikichi Taki

Character: Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant

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Susumu Fujita

Character: Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment

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Hiroshi Tanaka

Character: Major Kobayashi

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Yutaka Sada

Character: Keisaku Sano

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Tadayoshi Ueda

Character: Komonta Sano

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Nobuyuki Katsube

Character: Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law

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Yūnosuke Itō

Character: Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade

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Hiroshi Hasegawa

Character: Guard Supporting the Insurgency

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Hirayoshi Aono

Character: Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita

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Kiyoshi Kodama

Character: Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda

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Torahiko Hamada

Character: Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui

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Tadashi Fukuro

Character: Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie

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Keiju Kobayashi

Character: Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa

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Ichirō Nakatani

Character: First Lieutnenant Kuroda

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Tadasaburo Wakayama

Character: Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori

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Ren Yamamoto

Character: Corporal

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Yutaka Nakayama

Character: Corporal

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Kanta Mori

Character: Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army

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Tōru Ibuki

Character: Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

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Seishirō Kuno

Character: Battalion Commander

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Yasuzō Ogawa

Character: Policeman

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Yoshibumi Tajima

Character: Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment

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Yūzō Kayama

Character: Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster

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Michiyo Aratama

Character: Yuriko Hara

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Akio Miyabe

Character: Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

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Ginzô Sekiguchi

Character: Chamberlain Okabe

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Hiroshi Sekita

Character: Staff Kamino

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Hisashi Igawa

Character: Kempeitai Lieutenant

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Hiroshi Koizumi

Character: Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster

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Matsumoto Hakuō I

Character: Emperor Hirohito

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Tatsuya Nakadai

Character: Narrator (voice)

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Itaru Ose

Character:

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