Overview - Japan's Longest Day

Overview

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

• Name: Seiji Miyaguchi

  Character: Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

  Popularity: 2.5149

  

• Name: Rokkō Toura

  Character: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato

  Popularity: 1.2898

  

• Name: Chishū Ryū

  Character: Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

  Popularity: 2.0647

  

• Name: So Yamamura

  Character: Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

  Popularity: 1.9174

  

• Name: Toshirō Mifune

  Character: War Minister General Korechika Anami

  Popularity: 3.2493

  

• Name: Yoshio Kosugi

  Character: Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade

  Popularity: 1.2385

  

• Name: Takashi Shimura

  Character: Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

  Popularity: 2.9013

  

• Name: Etsushi Takahashi

  Character: Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida

  Popularity: 1.3343