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.

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The cast

Seiji Miyaguchi Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

Rokkō Toura Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato

Chishū Ryū Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

So Yamamura Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

Toshirō Mifune War Minister General Korechika Anami

Yoshio Kosugi Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade

Takashi Shimura Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

Etsushi Takahashi Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida

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Takao Inoue Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita

Tadao Nakamaru Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki

Toshio Kurosawa Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section

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Akira Kitchôji General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff

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Haruo Yamada Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff

Ryōsuke Kagawa Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro

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