Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Nihon no ichiban nagai hi
The dramatic true story of the end of WWII.
157 min
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.
- Release date
- August 3, 1967
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Music
- Masaru Satō
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Trailer
Cast
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Foreign Minister Shigenori Tôgô
- Rokkô Toura as Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Shun'ichi Matsumoto
- Chishū Ryū as Prime Minister Baron Kantarô 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 Okada
- Takashi Shimura as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
- Etsushi Takahashi as Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida - Military Affairs Section
- Takao Inoue as Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita - Military Affairs Section
- Tadao Nakamaru as Lt. Colonel Jirô Shiizaki - Military Affairs Section
- Toshio Kurosawa as Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
- 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
- Tôru Takeuchi as Naval Surgeon Kobayashi
- Takeshi Katō as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
- Kyûzô Kawabe as Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
- Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
- Kōji Mitsui as Old Journalist
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
- Shôgo Shimada as Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
- Gorô Morino as Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman
Crew
- Kihachi Okamoto · Director
- Shinobu Hashimoto · Writer
- Sōichi Ōya · Writer
- Sanezumi Fujimoto · Producer
- Tomoyuki Tanaka · Producer
- Masaru Satō · Composer
- Hiroshi Murai · Cinematographer
- Yoshitami Kuroiwa · Editor
- Iwao Akune · Production designer