Movie
Japan's Longest Day
Released: August 3, 1967 (1967)
Runtime: 157 minutes
Genres: Drama, History, War
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Chishū Ryū as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Age at release: 63
- Yoshio Kosugi as Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
Age at release: 63
- Takashi Shimura as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Age at release: 62
- So Yamamura as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Age at release: 57
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Age at release: 53
- Toshirō Mifune as War Minister General Korechika Anami
Age at release: 47
- Rokkō Toura as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
Age at release: 37
- Tadao Nakamaru as Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
Age at release: 34
- Etsushi Takahashi as Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Age at release: 32
- Takao Inoue as Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
Age at release: Unknown
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- Goro Morino as Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman
Age at release: 73
- Ryōsuke Kagawa as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
Age at release: 70
- Ushio Akashi as President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Age at release: 68
- Keisuke Yamada as Journalist
Age at release: 64
- Akira Kitchôji as General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Age at release: 61
- Shōgo Shimada as Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Age at release: 61
- Kōji Mitsui as Old Journalist
Age at release: 57
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Age at release: 49
- Isao Tamagawa as Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Age at release: 45
- Yasuhisa Tsutsumi as Insurgent Commander
Age at release: 45
- Toru Takeuchi as Naval Surgeon Kobayashi
Age at release: 40
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Age at release: 40
- Takeshi Katō as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Age at release: 38
- Kyuzo Kawabe as Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
Age at release: 34
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
Age at release: 30
- Toshio Kurosawa as Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
Age at release: 23
- Haruo Yamada as Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
Age at release: Unknown
- Kazuko Iida as General
Age at release: Unknown
- Shiro Kida as General
Age at release: Unknown
- Shiyuki Tanaka as General
Age at release: Unknown