Japan's Longest Day
1967Following 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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Seiji Miyaguchi
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Rokkō Toura
as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
Chishū Ryū
as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Sō Yamamura
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Toshirō Mifune
as War Minister General Korechika Anami
Yoshio Kosugi
as Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
Takashi Shimura
as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Etsushi Takahashi
as Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Takao Inoue
as Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
Tadao Nakamaru
as Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
Toshio Kurosawa
as Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
Akira Kitchôji
as General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Haruo Yamada
as Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
Ryōsuke Kagawa
as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
Ushio Akashi
as President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Isao Tamagawa
as Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
as Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Tōru Takeuchi
as Naval Surgeon Kobayashi
Takeshi Katō
as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Kyuzo Kawabe
as Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
as Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
Kazuko Iida
as General
Shiro Kida
as General
Shiyuki Tanaka
as General
Keisuke Yamada
as Journalist
Kōji Mitsui
as Old Journalist
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Shōgo Shimada
as Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Goro Morino
as Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
as Insurgent Commander
Minoru Takada
as Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
Daisuke Katō
as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Shigeki Ishida
as Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director
Jun Tazaki
as Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group
Akihiko Hirata
as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Sachio Sakai
as Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
Nobuo Nakamura
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Shin Tatsuoka
as Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)
Ryuji Kita
as General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
Akiji Nomura
as Major Nakamura
Yū Fujiki
as Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor
Kazuo Kitamura
as Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
Fuyuki Murakami
as Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka
Hyo Kitazawa
as Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose
Masao Imafuku
as Marshal Shunroku Hata
Hideyo Amamoto
as Captain Takeo Sasaki
Shigeru Kōyama
as Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
Jun Hamamura
as Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
Kaku Oze
as Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War
Makoto Satō
as Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Akira Kubo
as Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Naoya Kusakawa
as Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
Masao Akitsuki
as Kamikaze
Seiichirō Nomura
as Kamikaze
Hiroo Kirino
as Kamikaze
Yasuo Araki
as Decapitated Man
Kenjirō Ishiyama
as General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
Keikichi Taki
as Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant
Susumu Fujita
as Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Hiroshi Tanaka
as Major Kobayashi
Yutaka Sada
as Keisaku Sano
Tadayoshi Ueda
as Komonta Sano
Nobuyuki Katsube
as Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
Yūnosuke Itō
as Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
Hiroshi Hasegawa
as Guard Supporting the Insurgency
Hirayoshi Aono
as Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
Kiyoshi Kodama
as Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
Torahiko Hamada
as Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
Tadashi Fukuro
as Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie
Keiju Kobayashi
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Ichirō Nakatani
as First Lieutnenant Kuroda
Tadasaburo Wakayama
as Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori
Ren Yamamoto
as Corporal
Yutaka Nakayama
as Corporal
Kanta Mori
as Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army
Tôru Ibuki
as Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Seishirō Kuno
as Battalion Commander
Yasuzō Ogawa
as Policeman
Yoshifumi Tajima
as Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
Yūzō Kayama
as Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Michiyo Aratama
as Yuriko Hara
Akio Miyabe
as Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Ginzô Sekiguchi
as Chamberlain Okabe
Yû Sekita
as Staff Kamino
Hisashi Igawa
as Kempeitai Lieutenant
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Matsumoto Hakuō I
as Emperor Hirohito
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Narrator (voice)