Japan's Longest Day

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.

Directed by Kihachi Okamoto

Top cast

Seiji Miyaguchi

Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

Rokkō Toura

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato

Chishū Ryū

Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

So 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

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Takao Inoue

Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita

Tadao Nakamaru

Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki

Toshio Kurosawa

Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section

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Akira Kitchôji

General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff

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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

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Toru Takeuchi

Naval Surgeon Kobayashi

Takeshi Katō

Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

Kyuzo Kawabe

Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu

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