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.

1967

Drama·History·War

2h 37min

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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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