Japan's Longest Day

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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  Kihachi Okamoto
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  Michio Yamamoto
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  Kunihiko Watanabe

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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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  Yoshio Kosugi
  Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
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  Takashi Shimura
  Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
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  Etsushi Takahashi
  Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
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  Takao Inoue
  Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
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  Tadao Nakamaru
  Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
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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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  Haruo Yamada
  Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
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  Ryōsuke Kagawa
  Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
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  Ushio Akashi
  President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
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  Isao Tamagawa
  Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
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  Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
  Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
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  Toru Takeuchi
  Naval Surgeon Kobayashi
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  Takeshi Katō
  Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
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  Kyuzo Kawabe
  Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu