Japan's Longest Day

The story

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.

Cast

S Seiji MiyaguchiForeign Minister Shigenori Togo R Rokkō TouraVice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato C Chishū RyūPrime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki S So YamamuraNavy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai T Toshirō MifuneWar Minister General Korechika Anami Y Yoshio KosugiMinister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade T Takashi ShimuraInformation Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura E Etsushi TakahashiLt. Colonel Masutaka Ida T Takao InoueLt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita T Tadao NakamaruLt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki T Toshio KurosawaMajor Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section A Akira KitchôjiGeneral Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff

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H Haruo YamadaAdmiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff R Ryōsuke KagawaMinister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro U Ushio AkashiPresident of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma I Isao TamagawaColonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section H Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiAdmiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff T Toru TakeuchiNaval Surgeon Kobayashi T Takeshi KatōCabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu K Kyuzo KawabeMichio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu T Tatsuyoshi EharaNobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura K Kazuko IidaGeneral S Shiro KidaGeneral S Shiyuki TanakaGeneral K Keisuke YamadaJournalist K Kōji MitsuiOld Journalist Y Yoshio TsuchiyaLt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer S Shōgo ShimadaLt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division G Goro MorinoHachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman Y Yasuhisa TsutsumiInsurgent Commander M Minoru TakadaVice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau D Daisuke KatōKenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director S Shigeki IshidaDaitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director J Jun TazakiCaptain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group A Akihiko HirataCommander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group S Sachio SakaiAtsugi Air Base Crew Chief N Nobuo NakamuraLord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido S Shin TatsuokaImperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka) R Ryuji KitaGeneral Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor A Akiji NomuraMajor Nakamura Y Yū FujikiColonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor K Kazuo KitamuraTomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief F Fuyuki MurakamiMinister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka H Hyo KitazawaMinister of Finance Hosaku Hirose M Masao ImafukuMarshal Shunroku Hata H Hideyo AmamotoCaptain Takeo Sasaki S Shigeru KōyamaSusumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section J Jun HamamuraMotohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief K Kaku OzeLt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War M Makoto SatōMajor Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division A Akira KuboMajor Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division N Naoya KusakawaShunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer M Masao AkitsukiKamikaze S Seiichirō NomuraKamikaze H Hiroo KirinoKamikaze Y Yasuo ArakiDecapitated Man K Kenjirō IshiyamaGeneral Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army K Keikichi TakiColonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant S Susumu FujitaColonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment H Hiroshi TanakaMajor Kobayashi Y Yutaka SadaKeisaku Sano T Tadayoshi UedaKomonta Sano N Nobuyuki KatsubeLt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law Y Yūnosuke ItōMajor General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade H Hiroshi HasegawaGuard Supporting the Insurgency H Hirayoshi AonoGrand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita K Kiyoshi KodamaChamberlain Yasuhide Toda T Torahiko HamadaChamberlain Yasuya Mitsui T Tadashi FukuroChamberlain Sukemasa Irie K Keiju KobayashiChamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa I Ichirō NakataniFirst Lieutnenant Kuroda T Tadasaburo WakayamaColonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori R Ren YamamotoCorporal Y Yutaka NakayamaCorporal K Kanta MoriMaj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army T Tōru IbukiLt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer S Seishirō KunoBattalion Commander Y Yasuzō OgawaPoliceman Y Yoshibumi TajimaColonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment Y Yūzō KayamaMorio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster