Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Overview

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

Directed by Kunio Watanabe

Top cast

Kanjūrō Arashi

Emperor Meiji

Kusuo Abe

Hirobumi Itō

Minoru Takada

Aritomo Yamagata

S

Shin Takemura

Susumu Fujita

Kaoru Inoue

Y

Yōji Misaki

Prime Minister Katsura

Ureo Egawa

Navy Minister Yamamoto

Tsunemi Hirose

War Minister Terauchi

F

Fumio Hara

Foreign Minister Komura

H

Hiroaki Kurahashi

Finance Minister Sone

J

Jun Mihara

E

Eiichi Nobuo

Field Marshal Ōyama

A

Arata Shibata

General Kodama

K

Koji Hirose

Major General Nagaoka

A

Akira Nakamura

Admiral Itō

Yōichi Numata

Vice-Admiral Ijuin

T

Toshio Hosokawa

Jun Tazaki

Vice-Admiral Tōgō

Yōnosuke Toba

Vice-Admiral Kamimura

M

Mikio Namino

Rear Admiral Uryū

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