Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
明治天皇と日露大戦争
Release: 1957-04-29
·Runtime: 113m
History
War
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shintoho Company
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Cast
Kanjūrō Arashi
as Emperor Meiji
Jun Tazaki
as Vice-Admiral Tōgō
Yōnosuke Toba
as Vice-Admiral Kamimura
Ichirō Ryūzaki
as Dr. Tomizu
Jūzaburō Akechi
as Commander Akiyama
Hiroshi Ogasawara
Tadao Takashima
as Yasusuke Nogi
Ureo Egawa
as Navy Minister Yamamoto
Shinsuke Mikimoto
Shigeru Amachi
Tsunemi Hirose
as War Minister Terauchi
Shuntarō Emi
as Lieutenant Commander Yamaoka
Unpei Yokoyama
Ken Utsui
as Lieutenant Commander Hirose
Susumu Fujita
as Kaoru Inoue
Yōichi Numata
as Vice-Admiral Ijuin
Hiroshi Hayashi
as General Nogi
Minoru Takada
as Aritomo Yamagata
Shoji Nakayama
as Major General Ijichi
Tetsuro Tamba
as Rear Admiral Shimamura
Kusuo Abe
as Hirobumi Itō
Tomisaburō Wakayama
as Major Tachibana