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