Japan's Longest Day (1967)
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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- Kihachi Okamoto
Writing:
- Shinobu Hashimoto
- Soichi Oya
Stars:
Release Date: 1967-08-12
7.2/10
7.2/10
- Country: JP
- Language: 日本語
- Runtime: 157
War Minister General Korechika Anami
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Captain Takeo Sasaki
Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
Old Journalist
Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Insurgent Commander
Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group
Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor
Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka
Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose
Marshal Shunroku Hata
Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
Major Kobayashi
Keisaku Sano
Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
First Lieutnenant Kuroda
Corporal
Corporal
Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Yuriko Hara
Kempeitai Lieutenant
Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Emperor Hirohito
Narrator (voice)
Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
Emperor Hirohito
