Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Drama
History
War
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
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Naval Surgeon Kobayashi
Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
Old Journalist
Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director
Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group
Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)
General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
Major Nakamura
War Minister General Korechika Anami
Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor
Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka
Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose
Marshal Shunroku Hata
Captain Takeo Sasaki
Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War
Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant
Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Major Kobayashi
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Keisaku Sano
Komonta Sano
Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
First Lieutnenant Kuroda
Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori
Corporal
Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army
Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Battalion Commander
Policeman
Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
Yuriko Hara
Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Chamberlain Okabe
Staff Kamino
Kempeitai Lieutenant
Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Emperor Hirohito
Narrator (voice)
Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
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