05 May 2019
The King Who Fooled Hitler
In a tale of double agents and decoys, this documentary reveals, for the first time, the story of King George VI's elaborate ruse to divert German attention away from the Normandy landings in 1944.
Japan's Longest Day
The dramatic true story of the end of WW II.
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.
Top Billed Cast
宮口精二 Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
戸浦六宏 Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
笠智衆 Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
山村聰 Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
三船敏郎 War Minister General Korechika Anami
小杉義男 Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
志村喬 Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
高橋悦史 Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Takao Inoue Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
中丸忠雄 Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
黒沢年雄 Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
吉頂寺晃 General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Haruo Yamada Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
香川良介 Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
明石潮 President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
玉川伊佐男 Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
二本柳寛 Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Tōru Takeuchi Naval Surgeon Kobayashi
加藤武 Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
川辺久造 Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
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