Drama History War
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.
Directed by
Kihachi Okamoto
Tatsuya Nakadai
Narrator (voice)
Toshirō Mifune
War Minister General Korechika Anami
Seiji Miyaguchi
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Rokkō Toura
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
Takashi Shimura
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Chishū Ryū
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Makoto Satō
Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Hideyo Amamoto
Captain Takeo Sasaki
Keiju Kobayashi
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Jun Tazaki
Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group
Hiroshi Tanaka
Major Kobayashi
Akihiko Hirata
Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Akira Kubo
Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Yūnosuke Itō
Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
Minoru Takada
Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
Ren Yamamoto
Corporal
Yūzō Kayama
Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Kōji Mitsui
Old Journalist
Hyo Kitazawa
Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose
Hiroshi Koizumi
Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Etsushi Takahashi
Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Shōgo Shimada
Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Michiyo Aratama
Yuriko Hara
Nobuyuki Katsube
Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
Ushio Akashi
President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Susumu Fujita
Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Matsumoto Hakuō I
Emperor Hirohito
Shigeru Kōyama
Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
Yoshio Kosugi
Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
Sachio Sakai
Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
Kenjirō Ishiyama
General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
Masao Imafuku
Marshal Shunroku Hata
Sō Yamamura
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Fuyuki Murakami
Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka
Nobuo Nakamura
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Takeshi Katō
Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
Yoshifumi Tajima
Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
Toshio Kurosawa
Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
Kazuo Kitamura
Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Isao Tamagawa
Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Tôru Ibuki
Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Ichirō Nakatani
First Lieutnenant Kuroda
Hisashi Igawa
Kempeitai Lieutenant
Kiyoshi Kodama
Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
Ryuji Kita
General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
Yutaka Sada
Keisaku Sano
Daisuke Katō
Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Jun Hamamura
Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
Yū Fujiki
Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor
Yutaka Nakayama
Corporal
Torahiko Hamada
Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
Naoya Kusakawa
Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
Tadao Nakamaru
Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Insurgent Commander
Kyuzo Kawabe
Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
Hirayoshi Aono
Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
Takao Inoue
Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
Akira Kitchôji
General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Haruo Yamada
Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
Tōru Takeuchi
Naval Surgeon Kobayashi
Kazuko Iida
General
Shiro Kida
General
Shiyuki Tanaka
General
Keisuke Yamada
Journalist
Goro Morino
Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman
Shigeki Ishida
Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director
Shin Tatsuoka
Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)
Akiji Nomura
Major Nakamura
Kaku Oze
Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War
Masao Akitsuki
Kamikaze
Seiichirō Nomura
Kamikaze
Hiroo Kirino
Kamikaze
Yasuo Araki
Decapitated Man
Keikichi Taki
Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant
Tadayoshi Ueda
Komonta Sano
Hiroshi Hasegawa
Guard Supporting the Insurgency
Tadashi Fukuro
Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie
Tadasaburo Wakayama
Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori
Kanta Mori
Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army
Seishirō Kuno
Battalion Commander
Yasuzō Ogawa
Policeman
Akio Miyabe
Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Chamberlain Okabe
Yû Sekita
Staff Kamino

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