Japan's Longest Day

Name: Japan's Longest Day
Director: Kihachi Okamoto
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1968-03-26
Duration: 9420000 s
Cast: Seiji Miyaguchi, Rokkō Toura, Chishū Ryū

Directed by Kihachi Okamoto

1968 2h 37m[Drama](/on-demand/category/drama), [History](/on-demand/category/history)

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A dramatization of the 24-hour period in which the Japanese government was deadlocked over the decision to accept or reject the Allies' demand for an unconditional surrender following the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Cast of Japan's Longest Day

Seiji MiyaguchiForeign Minister Shigenori Togo
Rokkō TouraVice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
Chishū RyūPrime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
So YamamuraNavy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Toshirō MifuneWar Minister General Korechika Anami
Yoshio KosugiMinister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
Takashi ShimuraInformation Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
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