Japan's Longest Day
日本のいちばん長い日
Release: 1967-08-03
·Runtime: 157m
·★ 7.2
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Akira Kubo
as Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Kiyoshi Kodama
as Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Shōgo Shimada
as Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Kenjirō Ishiyama
as General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
Ren Yamamoto
as Corporal
Yutaka Nakayama
as Corporal
Michiyo Aratama
as Yuriko Hara
Jun Tazaki
as Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group
Kazuo Kitamura
as Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
Hisashi Igawa
as Kempeitai Lieutenant
Kyuzo Kawabe
as Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
as Insurgent Commander
Ichirō Nakatani
as First Lieutnenant Kuroda
Ushio Akashi
as President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Yū Fujiki
as Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor
Masao Imafuku
as Marshal Shunroku Hata
Hideyo Amamoto
as Captain Takeo Sasaki
Shigeru Kōyama
as Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
Chishū Ryū
as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Ryōsuke Kagawa
as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
Yūnosuke Itō
as Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
Sachio Sakai
as Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
Hiroshi Tanaka
as Major Kobayashi
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Narrator (voice)
Akihiko Hirata
as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Nobuyuki Katsube
as Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
Hirayoshi Aono
as Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
Torahiko Hamada
as Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
Naoya Kusakawa
as Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
as Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Takeshi Katō
as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Minoru Takada
as Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
Nobuo Nakamura
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Toshirō Mifune
as War Minister General Korechika Anami
Ryuji Kita
as General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
Matsumoto Hakuō I
as Emperor Hirohito
So Yamamura
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Yoshio Kosugi
as Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
Takashi Shimura
as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Tadao Nakamaru
as Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
Rokkō Toura
as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
Toshio Kurosawa
as Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Susumu Fujita
as Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Tōru Ibuki
as Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Yūzō Kayama
as Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Isao Tamagawa
as Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Kōji Mitsui
as Old Journalist
Daisuke Katō
as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Fuyuki Murakami
as Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka
Hyo Kitazawa
as Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose
Jun Hamamura
as Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
Makoto Satō
as Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Yutaka Sada
as Keisaku Sano
Keiju Kobayashi
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
Etsushi Takahashi
as Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
as Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
