Movie · 1967
Japan's Longest Day
Released 3 August 1967 More from 1967 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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How old were they?
Jun Hamamura
as Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
Nobuo Nakamura
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Kōji Mitsui
as Old Journalist
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
Isao Tamagawa
as Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Keiju Kobayashi
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Akihiko Hirata
as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Takeshi Katō
as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Shigeru Kōyama
as Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
Michiyo Aratama
as Yuriko Hara
Tadao Nakamaru
as Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Narrator (voice)
Kiyoshi Kodama
as Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
Etsushi Takahashi
as Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Akira Kubo
as Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Yūzō Kayama
as Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Hisashi Igawa
as Kempeitai Lieutenant
Tōru Ibuki
as Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Toshio Kurosawa
as Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
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The numbers
38years between the oldest and youngest billed
61Jun Hamamura — oldest on the call sheet
23Toshio Kurosawa — youngest billed
40average age of the credited cast