August without Emperor
皇帝のいない八月
Release: 1978-09-23
·Runtime: 140m
·★ 7.0
Drama
Thriller
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
Shochiku
Cast
Tsunehiko Watase
as Akimasa Fujisaki
Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Kyoko Fujisaki
Etsushi Takahashi
as Yasuhisa Toshikura
Kei Yamamoto
as Hiroaki Ishimori
Rentaro Mikuni
as Tameichiro Emi
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as Tadashi Tojo
Kensaku Morita
as Koichi Ariga
Toshiyuki Nagashima
as Sergeant Yajima
Morio Kazama
Shinichirō Mikami
as Captain Komori
Isao Hashimoto
as Sergeant Shima
Shigeru Kōyama
as Shingo Shogaki
Mizuho Suzuki
as Army General Mano
Eiji Okada
as Assistant General Tokunaga
Hideji Ōtaki
as Noguchi
Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Kubo
Osamu Takizawa
as Prime Minister Sabashi
Shin Saburi
as Gozo Ohata
Kiwako Taichi
as Saeko Nakagami
Tetsuro Tamba
as Army General Mikami
Taketoshi Naitō
as Labor Minister Hamao
Torahiko Hamada
as Finance Minister Sone
Tomo'o Nagai
as Defense Minister Yamamura
Eitarō Ozawa
as Infrastructure Minister Osanai
Zenpei Saga
Jun Hamamura
as Secretary
Ken Hatano
Nobuo Tsukamoto
as Kume
Takashi Kanda
Nobuyuki Katsube
Tsutomu Isobe
Sōnosuke Oda
Taku Kido
Nobuo Takagi
Yutaka Nakajima
as Noriko
Jun Izumi
as Yumi
Mari Okamoto
Yoshiko Okada
as Kaneda
