
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

as Emperor Meiji

as Hirobumi Itō

as Aritomo Yamagata


as Kaoru Inoue

as Prime Minister Katsura

as Navy Minister Yamamoto

as War Minister Terauchi

as Foreign Minister Komura

as Finance Minister Sone


as Field Marshal Ōyama

as General Kodama

as Major General Nagaoka

as Admiral Itō

as Vice-Admiral Ijuin


as Vice-Admiral Tōgō

as Vice-Admiral Kamimura

as Rear Admiral Uryū

as Rear Admiral Katō


as Commander Akiyama

as Fleet staff officer

as Fleet staff officer

as Navy Minister's aide

as Commander Arima

as Lieutenant Commander Hirose

as Private First Class Sugino

as Captain Narukawa

as Captain of the Mikasa

as First Officer of the Mikasa

as Squad Leader on the Mikasa

as Gunnery Sergeant on the Mikasa

as Gunner on the Mikasa

as Navigator on the Mikasa


as General Nogi

as Yasusuke Nogi

as Major General Ijichi


as Lieutenant Commander Yamaoka

as Lieutenant Commander Yoshioka



as Major Tachibana












as Dr. Tomizu

as Dr. Onozuka






as Rear Admiral Shimamura