Japan's Longest Day (1967)

ALL 08/03/1967 (ja) Drama, History, War 157 Min
  • Release
    08/03/1967
  • Production
    TOHO
  • Rotten tomato
    71%
  • Original title
    日本のいちばん長い日
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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The dramatic true story of the end of WW II.

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.

  1. Kihachi Okamoto

    Director

  2. Story



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  1. Seiji Miyaguchi

    Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

  2. Rokkō Toura

    Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato

  3. Chishū Ryū

    Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

  4. Sō Yamamura

    Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

  5. Toshirō Mifune

    War Minister General Korechika Anami

  6. Yoshio Kosugi

    Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade

  7. Takashi Shimura

    Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

  8. Etsushi Takahashi

    Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida

  9. Takao Inoue

    Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita

  10. Tadao Nakamaru

    Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki

  11. Toshio Kurosawa

    Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section

  12. Akira Kitchôji

    General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff

  13. Haruo Yamada

    Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff

  14. Ryōsuke Kagawa

    Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro

  15. Ushio Akashi

    President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma

  16. Isao Tamagawa

    Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section

  17. Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

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

  18. Tōru Takeuchi

    Naval Surgeon Kobayashi

  19. Takeshi Katō

    Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

  20. Kyuzo Kawabe

    Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu

  21. Tatsuyoshi Ehara

    Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura

  22. Kazuko Iida

    General

  23. Shiro Kida

    General

  24. Shiyuki Tanaka

    General

  25. Keisuke Yamada

    Journalist

  26. Kōji Mitsui

    Old Journalist

  27. Yoshio Tsuchiya

    Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

  28. Shōgo Shimada

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

  29. Goro Morino

    Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman

  30. Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

    Insurgent Commander

  31. Minoru Takada

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

  32. Daisuke Katō

    Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director

  33. Shigeki Ishida

    Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director

  34. Jun Tazaki

    Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group

  35. Akihiko Hirata

    Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group

  36. Sachio Sakai

    Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief

  37. Nobuo Nakamura

    Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido

  38. Shin Tatsuoka

    Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)

  39. Ryuji Kita

    General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor

  40. Akiji Nomura

    Major Nakamura

  41. Yū Fujiki

    Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor

  42. Kazuo Kitamura

    Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief

  43. Fuyuki Murakami

    Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka

  44. Hyo Kitazawa

    Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose

  45. Masao Imafuku

    Marshal Shunroku Hata

  46. Hideyo Amamoto

    Captain Takeo Sasaki

  47. Shigeru Kōyama

    Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section

  48. Jun Hamamura

    Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief

  49. Kaku Oze

    Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War

  50. Makoto Satō

    Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 88 , Crews : 13

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Japan's Longest Day (1967) 157 Min

ALL 08/03/1967 (ja)
Drama, History, War
  • Release 08/03/1967
  • Production
    TOHO
  • Original title 日本のいちばん長い日
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

The dramatic true story of the end of WW II.

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.

  1. Kihachi Okamoto

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Yoshitami Kuroiwa

    Editor

  4. Sanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka

    Producer