Japan's Longest Day

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Japan's Longest Day

"The dramatic true story of the end of WW II."

1967

2h 37m

7.1(28 votes)

Drama

History

War

Overview

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.

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89 members

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宮口精二

Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

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戸浦六宏

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato

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笠智衆

Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

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山村聰

Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

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三船敏郎

War Minister General Korechika Anami

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小杉義男

Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade

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志村喬

Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

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高橋悦史

Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida

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Takao Inoue

Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita

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中丸忠雄

Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki

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黒沢年雄

Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section

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吉頂寺晃

General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff

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Haruo Yamada

Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff

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香川良介

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro

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明石潮

President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma

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玉川伊佐男

Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section

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二本柳寛

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

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Toru Takeuchi

Naval Surgeon Kobayashi

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加藤武

Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

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川辺久造

Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu

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江原達怡

Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura

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Kazuko Iida

General

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Shiro Kida

General

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Shiyuki Tanaka

General

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Keisuke Yamada

Journalist

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三井弘次

Old Journalist

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土屋嘉男

Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

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島田正吾

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

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Goro Morino

Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman

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堤康久

Insurgent Commander

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高田稔

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

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加東大介

Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director

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石田茂樹

Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director

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田崎潤

Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group

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平田昭彦

Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group

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堺左千夫

Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief

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中村伸郎

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido

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龍岡晋

Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)

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北竜二

General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor

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Akiji Nomura

Major Nakamura

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藤木悠

Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor

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北村和夫

Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief

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村上冬樹

Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka

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北沢彪

Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose

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今福将雄

Marshal Shunroku Hata

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天本英世

Captain Takeo Sasaki

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神山繁

Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section

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浜村純

Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief

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Kaku Oze

Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War

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佐藤允

Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division

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久保明

Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division

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草川直也

Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer

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Masao Akitsuki

Kamikaze

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Seiichirō Nomura

Kamikaze

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Hiroo Kirino

Kamikaze

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荒木保夫

Decapitated Man

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石山健二郎

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

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Keikichi Taki

Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant

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藤田進

Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment

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田中浩

Major Kobayashi

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佐田豊

Keisaku Sano

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上田忠好

Komonta Sano

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勝部演之

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

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伊藤雄之助

Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade

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長谷川弘

Guard Supporting the Insurgency

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青野平義

Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita

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児玉清

Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda

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浜田寅彦

Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui

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Tadashi Fukuro

Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie

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小林桂樹

Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa

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中谷一郎

First Lieutnenant Kuroda

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Tadasaburo Wakayama

Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori

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山本廉

Corporal

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中山豊

Corporal

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森幹太

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

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伊吹徹

Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

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久野征四郎

Battalion Commander

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小川安三

Policeman

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田島義文

Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment

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加山雄三

Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster

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新珠三千代

Yuriko Hara

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宮部昭夫

Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

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Ginzô Sekiguchi

Chamberlain Okabe

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関田裕

Staff Kamino

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井川比佐志

Kempeitai Lieutenant

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小泉博

Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster

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松本白鸚

Emperor Hirohito

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仲代達矢

Narrator (voice)

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Itaru Ose

Unknown Role

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