Japan's Longest Day
# The dramatic true story of the end of WW II.
📜 Overview:
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.
🌏 Languages Available:
Japanese
📆 Date Released:
1967-08-03
⌚ Running Time:
157 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
7.1
Beloved Cast
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Seiji Miyaguchi
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
Rokkō Toura
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Chishū Ryū
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Sō Yamamura
War Minister General Korechika Anami
Toshirō Mifune
Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
Yoshio Kosugi
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Takashi Shimura
Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Etsushi Takahashi
Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
Takao Inoue
Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
Tadao Nakamaru
Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
Toshio Kurosawa
General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Akira Kitchôji
Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
Haruo Yamada
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
Ryōsuke Kagawa
President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Ushio Akashi
Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Isao Tamagawa
Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Naval Surgeon Kobayashi
Tōru Takeuchi
Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Takeshi Katō
Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
Kyuzo Kawabe
Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
General
Kazuko Iida
General
Shiro Kida
General
Shiyuki Tanaka
Journalist
Keisuke Yamada
Old Journalist
Kōji Mitsui
Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Shōgo Shimada
Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman
Goro Morino
Insurgent Commander
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
Minoru Takada
Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Daisuke Katō
Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director
Shigeki Ishida
Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group
Jun Tazaki
Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Akihiko Hirata
Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
Sachio Sakai
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Nobuo Nakamura
Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)
Shin Tatsuoka
General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
Ryuji Kita
Major Nakamura
Akiji Nomura
Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor
Yū Fujiki
Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
Kazuo Kitamura
Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka
Fuyuki Murakami
Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose
Hyo Kitazawa
Marshal Shunroku Hata
Masao Imafuku
Captain Takeo Sasaki
Hideyo Amamoto
Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
Shigeru Kōyama
Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
Jun Hamamura
Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War
Kaku Oze
Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Makoto Satō
Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Akira Kubo
Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
Naoya Kusakawa
Kamikaze
Masao Akitsuki
Kamikaze
Seiichirō Nomura
Kamikaze
Hiroo Kirino
Decapitated Man
Yasuo Araki
General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant
Keikichi Taki
Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Susumu Fujita
Major Kobayashi
Hiroshi Tanaka
Keisaku Sano
Yutaka Sada
Komonta Sano
Tadayoshi Ueda
Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
Nobuyuki Katsube
Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
Yūnosuke Itō
Guard Supporting the Insurgency
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
Hirayoshi Aono
Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
Kiyoshi Kodama
Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
Torahiko Hamada
Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie
Tadashi Fukuro
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Keiju Kobayashi
First Lieutnenant Kuroda
Ichirō Nakatani
Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori
Tadasaburo Wakayama
Corporal
Ren Yamamoto
Corporal
Yutaka Nakayama
Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army
Kanta Mori
Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Tôru Ibuki
Battalion Commander
Seishirō Kuno
Policeman
Yasuzō Ogawa
Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
Yoshifumi Tajima
Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Yūzō Kayama
Yuriko Hara
Michiyo Aratama
Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Akio Miyabe
Chamberlain Okabe
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Staff Kamino
Yû Sekita
Kempeitai Lieutenant
Hisashi Igawa
Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Hiroshi Koizumi
Emperor Hirohito
Matsumoto Hakuō I
Narrator (voice)
Tatsuya Nakadai
