Japan's Longest Day
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“The dramatic true story of the end of WWII.”
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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Cast
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Seiji Miyaguchi
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
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Rokkō Toura
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
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Chishū Ryū
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
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So Yamamura
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
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Toshirō Mifune
War Minister General Korechika Anami
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Seven Samurai
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Yoshio Kosugi
Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
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Seven Samurai
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Takashi Shimura
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Known for
Seven Samurai
Ikiru
Etsushi Takahashi
Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
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Kill!
Eros + Massacre
Takao Inoue
Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
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Barefoot Gen
Tadao Nakamaru
Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
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Terror of Mechagodzilla
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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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Kihachi Okamoto Director · Shinobu Hashimoto Screenplay Soichi Oya Author
United States release March 26, 1968 · Produced in Japan · Original title 日本のいちばん長い日
Production
TOHO
Production
Japan
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Languages
Original title
日本のいちばん長い日
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 3, 1967
Theatrical
United States · March 26, 1968
Theatrical
Germany
February 14, 2007 · Limited theatrical · Berlin International Film Festival
Russia
November 16, 2014 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Kihachi Okamoto (Moscow)
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