Japan's Longest Day

Japan's Longest Day (1967)

The dramatic true story of the end of WW II.

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.

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  • Release Date: 1967-08-03
  • Runtime: 2h 37min
  • Director: Kihachi Okamoto

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Cast

  • Seiji Miyaguchi

    Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

  • Rokkō Toura

    Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato

  • Chishū Ryū

    Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

  • Sō Yamamura

    Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

  • Toshirō Mifune

    War Minister General Korechika Anami

  • Yoshio Kosugi

    Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade

  • Takashi Shimura

    Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

  • Etsushi Takahashi

    Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida

  • Takao Inoue

    Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita

  • Tadao Nakamaru

    Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki

  • Toshio Kurosawa

    Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section

  • Akira Kitchôji

    General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff

  • Haruo Yamada

    Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff

  • Ryōsuke Kagawa

    Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro

  • Ushio Akashi

    President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma

  • Isao Tamagawa

    Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section

  • Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

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

  • Tōru Takeuchi

    Naval Surgeon Kobayashi

  • Takeshi Katō

    Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

  • Kyuzo Kawabe

    Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu

  • Tatsuyoshi Ehara

    Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura

  • Kazuko Iida

    General

  • Shiro Kida

    General

  • Shiyuki Tanaka

    General

  • Keisuke Yamada

    Journalist

  • Kōji Mitsui

    Old Journalist

  • Yoshio Tsuchiya

    Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

  • Shōgo Shimada

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

  • Goro Morino

    Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman

  • Yasuhisa Tsutsumi

    Insurgent Commander

  • Minoru Takada

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

  • Daisuke Katō

    Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director

  • Shigeki Ishida

    Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director

  • Jun Tazaki

    Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group

  • Akihiko Hirata

    Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group

  • Sachio Sakai

    Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief

  • Nobuo Nakamura

    Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido

  • Shin Tatsuoka

    Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)

  • Ryuji Kita

    General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor

  • Akiji Nomura

    Major Nakamura

  • Yū Fujiki

    Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor

  • Kazuo Kitamura

    Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief

  • Fuyuki Murakami

    Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka

  • Hyo Kitazawa

    Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose

  • Masao Imafuku

    Marshal Shunroku Hata

  • Hideyo Amamoto

    Captain Takeo Sasaki

  • Shigeru Kōyama

    Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section

  • Jun Hamamura

    Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief

  • Kaku Oze

    Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War

  • Makoto Satō

    Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division

  • Akira Kubo

    Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division

  • Naoya Kusakawa

    Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer

  • Masao Akitsuki

    Kamikaze

  • Seiichirō Nomura

    Kamikaze

  • Hiroo Kirino

    Kamikaze

  • Yasuo Araki

    Decapitated Man

  • Kenjirō Ishiyama

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

  • Keikichi Taki

    Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant

  • Susumu Fujita

    Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment

  • Hiroshi Tanaka

    Major Kobayashi

  • Yutaka Sada

    Keisaku Sano

  • Tadayoshi Ueda

    Komonta Sano

  • Nobuyuki Katsube

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

  • Yūnosuke Itō

    Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade

  • Hiroshi Hasegawa

    Guard Supporting the Insurgency

  • Hirayoshi Aono

    Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita

  • Kiyoshi Kodama

    Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda

  • Torahiko Hamada

    Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui

  • Tadashi Fukuro

    Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie

  • Keiju Kobayashi

    Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa

  • Ichirō Nakatani

    First Lieutnenant Kuroda

  • Tadasaburo Wakayama

    Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori

  • Ren Yamamoto

    Corporal

  • Yutaka Nakayama

    Corporal

  • Kanta Mori

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

  • Tōru Ibuki

    Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

  • Seishirō Kuno

    Battalion Commander

  • Yasuzō Ogawa

    Policeman

  • Yoshifumi Tajima

    Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment

  • Yūzō Kayama

    Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster

  • Michiyo Aratama

    Yuriko Hara

  • Akio Miyabe

    Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

  • Ginzô Sekiguchi

    Chamberlain Okabe

  • Yû Sekita

    Staff Kamino

  • Hisashi Igawa

    Kempeitai Lieutenant

  • Hiroshi Koizumi

    Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster

  • Matsumoto Hakuō I

    Emperor Hirohito

  • Tatsuya Nakadai

    Narrator (voice)

  • Itaru Ose

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