The Emperor in August
Nihon no ichiban nagai hi ketteiban
On August 14th, 1945, at an Imperial conference, the Showa Emperor, Hirohito (Masahiro Motoki), finally decided to accept the Potsdam Declaration. However, some young firebrand Army officers insisted on continuing the war and conspired to launch a coup. Anami (Koji Yakusho), the Minister of War, was pressed to make an extremely difficult decision.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Kôji Yakusho
Korechika Anami - Army Minister
Masahiro Motoki
Emperor Shôwa
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Prime Minister Suzuki
Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
Sakomizu - Chief Secretary of Cabinet
Tôri Matsuzaka
Hatanaka - Army Major
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Sota Aoyama
Kenzô Kubota
Seizô Fukumoto
Takao Suzuki
Ichirô Hashimoto
Nobutsune Oda
Hajime Inoue
Soemu Toyoda
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Takashi Inoue
Yoshijirou Umezu
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Harumi Fuuki
Composer
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Takahide Shibanushi
Cinematographer
