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    Japan's Longest Day

    157'

    1967-08-03

    7.3

    The dramatic true story of the end of WWII.

    Drama,History,War

    Overview:

    A dramatisation of the 24-hour period in which the Japanese government was deadlocked over the decision to accept or reject the Allies' demand for an unconditional surrender following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

    DirectingKihachi OkamotoWritingSoichi Oya

    Cast

    2

    Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

    Seiji Miyaguchi

    1

    Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato

    Rokkō Toura

    2

    Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

    Chishū Ryū

    1

    Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

    So Yamamura

    3

    War Minister General Korechika Anami

    Toshirō Mifune

    1

    Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade

    Yoshio Kosugi

    2

    Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

    Takashi Shimura

    1

    Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida

    Etsushi Takahashi

    1

    Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita

    Takao Inoue

    1

    Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki

    Tadao Nakamaru

    1

    Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section

    Toshio Kurosawa

    1

    General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff

    Akira Kitchôji

    1

    Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff

    Haruo Yamada

    1

    Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro

    Ryōsuke Kagawa

    1

    President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma

    Ushio Akashi

    1

    Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section

    Isao Tamagawa

    1

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

    Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

    1

    Naval Surgeon Kobayashi

    Toru Takeuchi

    1

    Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

    Takeshi Katō

    1

    Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu

    Kyuzo Kawabe

    1

    Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura

    Tatsuyoshi Ehara

    1

    General

    Kazuko Iida

    1

    General

    Shiro Kida

    1

    General

    Shiyuki Tanaka

    1

    Journalist

    Keisuke Yamada

    1

    Old Journalist

    Kōji Mitsui

    1

    Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

    Yoshio Tsuchiya

    1

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

    Shōgo Shimada

    1

    Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman

    Goro Morino

    1

    Insurgent Commander

    Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

    1

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

    Minoru Takada

    2

    Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director

    Daisuke Katō

    1

    Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director

    Shigeki Ishida

    1

    Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group

    Jun Tazaki

    2

    Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group

    Akihiko Hirata

    1

    Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief

    Sachio Sakai

    2

    Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido

    Nobuo Nakamura

    1

    Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)

    Shin Tatsuoka

    1

    General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor

    Ryuji Kita

    1

    Major Nakamura

    Akiji Nomura

    1

    Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor

    Yū Fujiki

    1

    Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief

    Kazuo Kitamura

    1

    Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka

    Fuyuki Murakami

    1

    Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose

    Hyo Kitazawa

    1

    Marshal Shunroku Hata

    Masao Imafuku

    2

    Captain Takeo Sasaki

    Hideyo Amamoto

    1

    Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section

    Shigeru Kōyama

    1

    Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief

    Jun Hamamura

    1

    Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War

    Kaku Oze

    1

    Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division

    Makoto Satou

    1

    Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division

    Akira Kubo

    1

    Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer

    Naoya Kusakawa

    1

    Kamikaze

    Masao Akitsuki

    1

    Kamikaze

    Seiichirō Nomura

    1

    Kamikaze

    Hiroo Kirino

    1

    Decapitated Man

    Yasuo Araki

    1

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

    Kenjirō Ishiyama

    1

    Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant

    Keikichi Taki

    1

    Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment

    Susumu Fujita

    1

    Major Kobayashi

    Hiroshi Tanaka

    1

    Keisaku Sano

    Yutaka Sada

    1

    Komonta Sano

    Tadayoshi Ueda

    1

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

    Nobuyuki Katsube

    1

    Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade

    Yūnosuke Itō

    1

    Guard Supporting the Insurgency

    Hiroshi Hasegawa

    1

    Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita

    Hirayoshi Aono

    1

    Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda

    Kiyoshi Kodama

    1

    Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui

    Torahiko Hamada

    1

    Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie

    Tadashi Fukuro

    2

    Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa

    Keiju Kobayashi

    1

    First Lieutnenant Kuroda

    Ichirō Nakatani

    1

    Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori

    Tadasaburo Wakayama

    1

    Corporal

    Ren Yamamoto

    1

    Corporal

    Yutaka Nakayama

    1

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

    Kanta Mori

    1

    Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

    Tōru Ibuki

    1

    Battalion Commander

    Seishirō Kuno

    1

    Policeman

    Yasuzō Ogawa

    1

    Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment

    Yoshibumi Tajima

    1

    Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster

    Yūzō Kayama

    2

    Yuriko Hara

    Michiyo Aratama

    1

    Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

    Akio Miyabe

    1

    Chamberlain Okabe

    Ginzô Sekiguchi

    1

    Staff Kamino

    Hiroshi Sekita

    1

    Kempeitai Lieutenant

    Hisashi Igawa

    2

    Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster

    Hiroshi Koizumi

    1

    Emperor Hirohito

    Matsumoto Hakuō I

    3

    Narrator (voice)

    Tatsuya Nakadai

    1

    Itaru Ose

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    • Original title:日本のいちばん長い日

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