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Japan's Longest Day

Japan's Longest Day (1967)

Directed by Kihachi Okamoto
2h 37minruntime
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Plot

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.

Full cast

ActorRole
Etsushi TakahashiLt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Takao InoueLt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
Tadao NakamaruLt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
Toshio KurosawaMajor Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
Akira KitchôjiGeneral Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Haruo YamadaAdmiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
Ryōsuke KagawaMinister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
Ushio AkashiPresident of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Isao TamagawaColonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagiAdmiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Toru TakeuchiNaval Surgeon Kobayashi
Takeshi KatōCabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Kyuzo KawabeMichio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
Tatsuyoshi EharaNobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
Kazuko IidaGeneral
Shiro KidaGeneral
Shiyuki TanakaGeneral
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Keisuke YamadaJournalist
Kōji MitsuiOld Journalist
Yoshio TsuchiyaLt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Shōgo ShimadaLt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Goro MorinoHachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman
Yasuhisa TsutsumiInsurgent Commander
Minoru TakadaVice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
Daisuke KatōKenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Shigeki IshidaDaitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director
Jun TazakiCaptain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group
Akihiko HirataCommander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Sachio SakaiAtsugi Air Base Crew Chief
Nobuo NakamuraLord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Shin TatsuokaImperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)
Ryuji KitaGeneral Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
Akiji NomuraMajor Nakamura
Yū FujikiColonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor
Kazuo KitamuraTomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
Fuyuki MurakamiMinister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka
Hyo KitazawaMinister of Finance Hosaku Hirose
Masao ImafukuMarshal Shunroku Hata
Hideyo AmamotoCaptain Takeo Sasaki
Shigeru KōyamaSusumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
Jun HamamuraMotohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
Kaku OzeLt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War
Makoto SatōMajor Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Akira KuboMajor Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Naoya KusakawaShunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
Masao AkitsukiKamikaze
Seiichirō NomuraKamikaze
Hiroo KirinoKamikaze
Yasuo ArakiDecapitated Man
Kenjirō IshiyamaGeneral Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
Keikichi TakiColonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant
Susumu FujitaColonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Hiroshi TanakaMajor Kobayashi
Yutaka SadaKeisaku Sano
Tadayoshi UedaKomonta Sano
Nobuyuki KatsubeLt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
Yūnosuke ItōMajor General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
Hiroshi HasegawaGuard Supporting the Insurgency
Hirayoshi AonoGrand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
Kiyoshi KodamaChamberlain Yasuhide Toda
Torahiko HamadaChamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
Tadashi FukuroChamberlain Sukemasa Irie
Keiju KobayashiChamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Ichirō NakataniFirst Lieutnenant Kuroda
Tadasaburo WakayamaColonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori
Ren YamamotoCorporal
Yutaka NakayamaCorporal
Kanta MoriMaj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army
Tōru IbukiLt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Seishirō KunoBattalion Commander
Yasuzō OgawaPoliceman
Yoshibumi TajimaColonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
Yūzō KayamaMorio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Michiyo AratamaYuriko Hara
Akio MiyabeColonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Ginzô SekiguchiChamberlain Okabe
Hiroshi SekitaStaff Kamino
Hisashi IgawaKempeitai Lieutenant
Hiroshi KoizumiNobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Matsumoto Hakuō IEmperor Hirohito
Tatsuya NakadaiNarrator (voice)
Itaru Ose

Genres

DramaHistoryWar

Technical details

DetailValue
Original title日本のいちばん長い日
Original language日本語 (JA)
Spoken languages日本語
Production countriesJapan
StatusReleased
Production companiesTOHO
Release date3 agosto 1967
ProductionSanezumi Fujimoto, Tomoyuki Tanaka
WriterShinobu Hashimoto, Soichi Oya
EditingYoshitami Kuroiwa
CinematographyHiroshi Murai
Assistant directorsMichio Yamamoto, Kunihiko Watanabe, Kihachi Okamoto
LightingTsuruzô Nishikawa
Camera operatorsHiroshi Murai
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Additional photographyHiroshi Murai
Production designIwao Akune
Art directionIwao Akune
Set decorationIwao Akune
MusicMasaru Satō, Shin Watarai
SoundShin Watarai, Masaru Satō

Release dates

Limited release

Germany / Feb 14, 2007 / Berlin International Film Festival

Russia / Nov 16, 2014 / Retrospective of Kihachi Okamoto (Moscow)

Theatrical release

Japan / Aug 03, 1967

United States / Mar 26, 1968

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