Japan's Longest Day (1967)
A dramatisation 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.
- Released
- 1967-08-03
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Runtime
- 157 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Shinobu Hashimoto, Kihachi Okamoto
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 from 34 votes
Cast
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
- Rokkō Toura as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
- Chishū Ryū as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
- So Yamamura as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
- Toshirō Mifune as War Minister General Korechika Anami
- Yoshio Kosugi as Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
- Takashi Shimura as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
- Etsushi Takahashi as Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
- Takao Inoue as Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
- Tadao Nakamaru as Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
- Toshio Kurosawa as Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
- Akira Kitchôji as General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
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