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Japan's Longest Day

Directed by Daisaku Ikuta
1967    2h 37m
Drama, History, War
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A dramatization of the 24-hour period in which the Japanese government was deadlocked over the decision to accept or reject the Allies' demand for an unconditional surrender following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Cast of Japan's Longest Day
  • Seiji MiyaguchiForeign Minister Shigenori Togo
  • Rokkō TouraVice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
  • Chishū RyūPrime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
  • Sō YamamuraNavy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
  • Toshirō MifuneWar Minister General Korechika Anami
  • Yoshio KosugiMinister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
  • Takashi ShimuraInformation Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
  • Etsushi TakahashiLt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
  • Takao InoueLt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
  • Tadao NakamaruLt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
  • Toshio KurosawaMajor Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
  • Akira KitchôjiGeneral Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
  • Haruo YamadaAdmiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
  • Ryōsuke KagawaMinister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
  • Ushio AkashiPresident of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
  • Isao TamagawaColonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
  • Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiAdmiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
  • Tōru TakeuchiNaval Surgeon Kobayashi
  • Takeshi KatōCabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
  • Kyuzo KawabeMichio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
  • Tatsuyoshi EharaNobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
  • Kazuko IidaGeneral
  • Shiro KidaGeneral
  • Shiyuki TanakaGeneral
  • Keisuke YamadaJournalist
  • Kōji MitsuiOld Journalist
  • Yoshio TsuchiyaLt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
  • Shōgo ShimadaLt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
  • Goro MorinoHachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman
  • Yasuhisa TsutsumiInsurgent Commander
  • Minoru TakadaVice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
  • Daisuke KatōKenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
  • Shigeki IshidaDaitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director
  • Jun TazakiCaptain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group
  • Akihiko HirataCommander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
  • Sachio SakaiAtsugi Air Base Crew Chief
  • Nobuo NakamuraLord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
  • Shin TatsuokaImperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)
  • Ryuji KitaGeneral Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
  • Akiji NomuraMajor Nakamura
  • Yū FujikiColonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor
  • Kazuo KitamuraTomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
  • Fuyuki MurakamiMinister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka
  • Hyo KitazawaMinister of Finance Hosaku Hirose
  • Masao ImafukuMarshal Shunroku Hata
  • Hideyo AmamotoCaptain Takeo Sasaki
  • Shigeru KōyamaSusumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
  • Jun HamamuraMotohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
  • Kaku OzeLt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War
  • Makoto SatōMajor Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
  • Akira KuboMajor Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
  • Naoya KusakawaShunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
  • Masao AkitsukiKamikaze
  • Seiichirō NomuraKamikaze
  • Hiroo KirinoKamikaze
  • Yasuo ArakiDecapitated Man
  • Kenjirō IshiyamaGeneral Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
  • Keikichi TakiColonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant
  • Susumu FujitaColonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
  • Hiroshi TanakaMajor Kobayashi
  • Yutaka SadaKeisaku Sano
  • Tadayoshi UedaKomonta Sano
  • Nobuyuki KatsubeLt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
  • Yūnosuke ItōMajor General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
  • Hiroshi HasegawaGuard Supporting the Insurgency
  • Hirayoshi AonoGrand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
  • Kiyoshi KodamaChamberlain Yasuhide Toda
  • Torahiko HamadaChamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
  • Tadashi FukuroChamberlain Sukemasa Irie
  • Keiju KobayashiChamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
  • Ichirō NakataniFirst Lieutnenant Kuroda
  • Tadasaburo WakayamaColonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori
  • Ren YamamotoCorporal
  • Yutaka NakayamaCorporal
  • Kanta MoriMaj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army
  • Tôru IbukiLt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
  • Seishirō KunoBattalion Commander
  • Yasuzō OgawaPoliceman
  • Yoshifumi TajimaColonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
  • Yūzō KayamaMorio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
  • Michiyo AratamaYuriko Hara
  • Akio MiyabeColonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
  • Ginzô SekiguchiChamberlain Okabe
  • Yû SekitaStaff Kamino
  • Hisashi IgawaKempeitai Lieutenant
  • Hiroshi KoizumiNobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
  • Matsumoto Hakuō IEmperor Hirohito
  • Tatsuya NakadaiNarrator (voice)
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