Mid-August Commotion
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A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
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Koji Tsuruta
Hiroshi Nakajima
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Ichiro Kawasaki
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Nobuyuki Komiya, Chamberlain
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Toshiko Nakajima
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Isao Yamagata
Minister of War
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Takashi Kanda
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Ryuji Kita
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Tsuneo Kobayashi Director · Hajime Takaiwa Screenplay Chūji Kinoshita Composer
First release August 22, 1962 · Produced in Japan · Original title 八月十五日の動乱
Production
Toei Company
Production
Japan
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Original title
八月十五日の動乱
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · August 22, 1962
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No release date listed for United States.
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