August without Emperor
1978Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
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Tsunehiko Watase
as Akimasa Fujisaki
Sayuri Yoshinaga
as Kyoko Fujisaki
Etsushi Takahashi
as Yasuhisa Toshikura
Kei Yamamoto
as Hiroaki Ishimori
Rentaro Mikuni
as Tameichiro Emi
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as Tadashi Tojo
Kensaku Morita
as Koichi Ariga
Toshiyuki Nagashima
as Sergeant Yajima
Morio Kazama
Shinichirō Mikami
as Captain Komori
Isao Hashimoto
as Sergeant Shima
Shigeru Kōyama
as Shingo Shogaki
Mizuho Suzuki
as Army General Mano
Eiji Okada
as Assistant General Tokunaga
Hideji Ōtaki
as Noguchi
Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Kubo
Osamu Takizawa
as Prime Minister Sabashi
Shin Saburi
as Gozo Ohata
Kiwako Taichi
as Saeko Nakagami
Tetsuro Tamba
as Army General Mikami
Akira Kume
as Trade Minister Kawasaki
Taketoshi Naitō
as Labor Minister Hamao
Torahiko Hamada
as Finance Minister Sone
Kappei Matsumoto
as Education Minister Wako
Tomo'o Nagai
as Defense Minister Yamamura
Eitarō Ozawa
as Infrastructure Minister Osanai
Kuniyasu Atsumi
as Cabinet Secretary Kurosu
Yuriko Kono
as Chiaki Ishimori
Zenpei Saga
Junichi Hayakawa
Jun Hamamura
as Secretary
Ken Hatano
Nobuo Tsukamoto
as Kume
Dennis Farrell
Takashi Kanda
Kinji Omino
Tatsuo Ito
Kiyoto Harada
Nobuyuki Katsube
Tsutomu Isobe
Yasuo Kanechika
Katsumi Itô
Sōnosuke Oda
Toshiyuki Watanabe
Ryûsuke Kita
Jun Kashima
Takuya Shiba
Hideaki Komori
Keiji Tsuchida
Taku Kido
Kôei Yamamoto
Akihiko Hanyû
Tadayuki Okamoto
Hidetoshi Hasegawa
Seiji Shinohara
Shuichi Oki
Nobuo Takagi
Kazuhiro Takasugi
Kayoko Minowa
Matsuko Shiga
Yutaka Nakajima
as Noriko
Jun Izumi
as Yumi
Tamiko Futamura
Mari Okamoto
Yoshiko Okada
as Kaneda
Ai Mori
Maki Tachibana