August without Emperor

August without Emperor

140 mins | Drama, Thriller | Sept. 23, 1978

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.

August without Emperor

140 mins | Drama, Thriller | Sept. 23, 1978

August without Emperor
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.
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 皇帝のいない八月
Directors Isao Kumagai, Satsuo Yamamoto
Writers Masayuki Shibuya, Nobuo Yamada, Kyuzo Kobayashi, Satsuo Yamamoto

Cast

Tsunehiko Watase

as Akimasa Fujisaki

Sayuri Yoshinaga

as Kyoko Fujisaki

Etsushi Takahashi

as Yasuhisa Toshikura

Kei Yamamoto

as Hiroaki Ishimori

Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Tadashi Tojo

Kensaku Morita

as Koichi Ariga

Toshiyuki Nagashima

as Sergeant Yajima

Shinichirô Mikami

as Captain Komori

Isao Hashimoto

as Sergeant Shima

Shigeru Kôyama

as Shingo Shogaki

Mizuho Suzuki

as Army General Mano

Eiji Okada

as Assistant General Tokunaga

Hideji Ôtaki

as Noguchi

Kiyoshi Atsumi

as Kubo

Osamu Takizawa

as Prime Minister Sabashi

Shin Saburi

as Gozo Ohata

Akira Kume

as Trade Minister Kawasaki

Taketoshi Naitô

as Labor Minister Hamao

Torahiko Hamada

as Finance Minister Sone

Kappei Matsumoto

as Education Minister Wako

Tomo'o Nagai

as Defense Minister Yamamura

Kuniyasu Atsumi

as Cabinet Secretary Kurosu

Jun Hamamura

as Secretary

Nobuo Tsukamoto

as Kume

Yutaka Nakajima

as Noriko

Jun Izumi

as Yumi

Yoshiko Okada

as Kaneda

Ai Mori

as

Yuriko Kono

as Chiaki Ishimori

Kiwako Taichi

as Saeko Nakagami

Tetsurō Tamba

as Army General Mikami

Eitarō Ozawa

as Infrastructure Minister Osanai

Rentaro Mikuni

as Tameichiro Emi