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Film / 1969
Battle of the Japan Sea
Directed by
Seiji Maruyama
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict …
The story
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.
Cast
Toshirō MifuneAdmiral Heihachiro Togo
Tatsuya NakadaiMajor Genjiro Akashi
Yūzō KayamaCmdr. Hirose
Chishū RyūGeneral Maresuke Nogi
Susumu FujitaUemura
Mitsuko KusabueMrs. Togo
Ryūtarō TatsumiGeneral Gonbei Yamamoto
Matsumoto Hakuō IThe Emperor Meiji
Toshio KurosawaPfc. Maeyama
Yōko Tsukasa
Akira KuboMatsui
Makoto SatōGunnery Chief of Security
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Akihiko HirataStaff Officer Tsunoda
Yoshio TsuchiyaStaff Officer Akiyama
Kenji SaharaSub-Chief
Yoshibumi TajimaIjichi
Hiroshi KoizumiKurino
Jun TazakiShimaji Hashiguchi
Takeshi KatōChief of Staff Officer Kato
Atsushi HigashiyamaSugino
Keiji HigashiyamaDr. Fujimoto
Seiji MatsuyamaMatsu
Jun FunatoStaff Officer Yamaoka
Eijirō YanagiHirofumi Ito
Masao ShimizuTozuka
Toru YasubeSuchi
Gen ShimizuNarikawa
Ryuji KitaKataoka
Kanta MoriChief of Staff Officer Ijichi
Toshiyuki TakahashiNagata
Shin TakiokaKaoru Inoue
Takamaru SasakiConsultant Kuki
Yoshio InabaChief of Staff Officer Shimamura
Ken MitsudaAriaki Yamagata
Yutaka Sada
Kazuo Suzuki
Wataru Ōmae
Chōtarō Tōgin
Seishirō Kuno
Yutaka Oka
Noriko Honma
Ted GuntherShuriakusu
Jacob ShapiroInformant
Harold ConwayCaptain John Campbell
Hans HorneffSoldier
Osman YusufRussian Officer
Peter WilliamsAdmiral Nebagotov
Andrew HughesAdmiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky (General Commander of Baltic Fleet)
Itaru Ose
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