The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1978
August Without Emperor
Directed by
Satsuo Yamamoto
Taking 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.
The story
Taking 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.
Cast
Tsunehiko WataseAkimasa Fujisaki
Sayuri YoshinagaKyoko Fujisaki
Etsushi TakahashiYasuhisa Toshikura
Kei YamamotoHiroaki Ishimori
Rentaro MikuniTameichiro Emi
Tsutomu YamazakiTadashi Tojo
Kensaku MoritaKoichi Ariga
Toshiyuki NagashimaSergeant Yajima
Morio Kazama
Shinichirō MikamiCaptain Komori
Isao HashimotoSergeant Shima
Shigeru KōyamaShingo Shogaki
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Mizuho SuzukiArmy General Mano
Eiji OkadaAssistant General Tokunaga
Hideji ŌtakiNoguchi
Kiyoshi AtsumiKubo
Osamu TakizawaPrime Minister Sabashi
Shin SaburiGozo Ohata
Kiwako TaichiSaeko Nakagami
Tetsuro TambaArmy General Mikami
Akira KumeTrade Minister Kawasaki
Taketoshi NaitōLabor Minister Hamao
Torahiko HamadaFinance Minister Sone
Kappei MatsumotoEducation Minister Wako
Tomo'o NagaiDefense Minister Yamamura
Eitarō OzawaInfrastructure Minister Osanai
Kuniyasu AtsumiCabinet Secretary Kurosu
Yuriko KonoChiaki Ishimori
Zenpei Saga
Junichi Hayakawa
Jun HamamuraSecretary
Ken Hatano
Nobuo TsukamotoKume
Dennis Farrell
Takashi Kanda
Kinji Omino
Tatsuhiro Ito
Kiyoto Harada
Nobuyuki Katsube
Tsutomu Isobe
Yasuo Kanechika
Sōnosuke Oda
Toshiyuki Watanabe
Ryûsuke Kita
Jun Kashima
Takuya Shiba
Hideaki Komori
Keiji Tsuchida
Taku Kido
Kôei Yamamoto
Akihiko Hanyû
Hidetoshi Hasegawa
Seiji Shinohara
Shuichi Oki
Nobuo Takagi
Kazuhiro Takasugi
Kayoko Minowa
Matsuko Shiga
Yutaka NakajimaNoriko
Jun IzumiYumi
Tamiko Futamura
Mari Okamoto
Yoshiko OkadaKaneda
Ai Mori
Maki Tachibana
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