Japan's Longest Day

Japan's Longest Day

157 mins | Drama, War, History | Aug. 12, 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.

Japan's Longest Day

157 mins | Drama, War, History | Aug. 12, 1967

Japan's Longest Day
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.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 日本のいちばん長い日
Directors Kihachi Okamoto
Writers Soichi Oya, Shinobu Hashimoto

Cast

Seiji Miyaguchi

as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

Rokkō Toura

as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato

Chishū Ryū

as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

Sō Yamamura

as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

Toshirō Mifune

as War Minister General Korechika Anami

Yoshio Kosugi

as Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade

Takashi Shimura

as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

Etsushi Takahashi

as Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida

Takao Inoue

as Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita

Tadao Nakamaru

as Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki

Toshio Kurosawa

as Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section

Akira Kitchôji

as General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff

Haruo Yamada

as Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff

Ryōsuke Kagawa

as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro

Ushio Akashi

as President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma

Isao Tamagawa

as Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

as Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff

Tōru Takeuchi

as Naval Surgeon Kobayashi

Takeshi Katō

as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

Kyuzo Kawabe

as Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu

Tatsuyoshi Ehara

as Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura

Kōji Mitsui

as Old Journalist

Yoshio Tsuchiya

as Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

Shôgo Shimada

as Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division

Goro Morino

as Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman

Minoru Takada

as Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau

Daisuke Katō

as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director

Shigeki Ishida

as Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director

Jun Tazaki

as Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group

Akihiko Hirata

as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group

Sachio Sakai

as Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief

Nobuo Nakamura

as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido

Shin Tatsuoka

as Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)

Ryuji Kita

as General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor

Akiji Nomura

as Major Nakamura

Yū Fujiki

as Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor

Kazuo Kitamura

as Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief

Fuyuki Murakami

as Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka

Hyo Kitazawa

as Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose

Masao Imafuku

as Marshal Shunroku Hata

Hideyo Amamoto

as Captain Takeo Sasaki

Shigeru Kôyama

as Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section

Jun Hamamura

as Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief

Kaku Oze

as Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War

Makoto Satō

as Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division

Akira Kubo

as Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division

Naoya Kusakawa

as Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer

Kenjirō Ishiyama

as General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army

Keikichi Taki

as Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant

Susumu Fujita

as Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment

Hiroshi Tanaka

as Major Kobayashi

Yutaka Sada

as Keisaku Sano

Tadayoshi Ueda

as Komonta Sano

Nobuyuki Katsube

as Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law

Yūnosuke Itō

as Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade

Hirayoshi Aono

as Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita

Kiyoshi Kodama

as Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda

Torahiko Hamada

as Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui

Tadashi Fukuro

as Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie

Keiju Kobayashi

as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa

Ichirô Nakatani

as First Lieutnenant Kuroda

Tadasaburo Wakayama

as Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori

Ren Yamamoto

as Corporal

Kanta Mori

as Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army

Tôru Ibuki

as Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

Seishirô Kuno

as Battalion Commander

Yasuzō Ogawa

as Policeman

Yoshifumi Tajima

as Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment

Yûzô Kayama

as Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster

Michiyo Aratama

as Yuriko Hara

Akio Miyabe

as Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

Ginzô Sekiguchi

as Chamberlain Okabe

Yû Sekita

as Staff Kamino

Hisashi Igawa

as Kempeitai Lieutenant

Hiroshi Koizumi

as Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster

Hakuō Matsumoto

as Emperor Hirohito

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Narrator (voice)