Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

113 mins | Drama, War, History | April 29, 1957

Meiji Tenno portrayed the ramp up to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also showed the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan who sent their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and it's combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

113 mins | Drama, War, History | April 29, 1957

Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
Meiji Tenno portrayed the ramp up to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also showed the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan who sent their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and it's combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Producers Shintoho Company
Original title 明治天皇と日露大戦争
Directors Kunio Watanabe
Writers Kunio Watanabe

Cast

Kanjūrō Arashi

as Emperor Meiji

Kusuo Abe

as Hirobumi Itō

Minoru Takada

as Aritomo Yamagata

Susumu Fujita

as Kaoru Inoue

Yōji Misaki

as Prime Minister Katsura

Ureo Egawa

as Navy Minister Yamamoto

Tsunemi Hirose

as War Minister Terauchi

Fumio Hara

as Foreign Minister Komura

Hiroaki Kurahashi

as Finance Minister Sone

Eiichi Nobuo

as Field Marshal Ōyama

Arata Shibata

as General Kodama

Kôji Hirose

as Major General Nagaoka

Akira Nakamura

as Admiral Itō

Yôichi Numata

as Vice-Admiral Ijuin

Jun Tazaki

as Vice-Admiral Tōgō

Yônosuke Toba

as Vice-Admiral Kamimura

Mikio Namino

as Rear Admiral Uryū

Eiji Wakasugi

as Rear Admiral Katō

Jūzaburō Akechi

as Commander Akiyama

Saburō Sawai

as Fleet staff officer

Teruo Wakatsuki

as Fleet staff officer

Yukio Kohama

as Navy Minister's aide

Tatsuhiro Oka

as Commander Arima

Ken Utsui

as Lieutenant Commander Hirose

Shinji Arima

as Private First Class Sugino

Akira Kato

as Captain Narukawa

Satoshi Komori

as Captain of the Mikasa

Den Kunikata

as First Officer of the Mikasa

Sôzaburô Kikuchi

as Squad Leader on the Mikasa

Shin Matsukata

as Gunnery Sergeant on the Mikasa

Yôzô Takamura

as Gunner on the Mikasa

Tōru Chiba

as Navigator on the Mikasa

Hiroshi Hayashi

as General Nogi

Tadao Takashima

as Yasusuke Nogi

Shoji Nakayama

as Major General Ijichi

Shuntarô Emi

as Lieutenant Commander Yamaoka

Hiroshi Izumida

as Lieutenant Commander Yoshioka

Tomisaburō Wakayama

as Major Tachibana

Ichirō Ryūzaki

as Dr. Tomizu

Masao Takamatsu

as Dr. Onozuka

Tetsurō Tamba

as Rear Admiral Shimamura