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.
as Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
as Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
as Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
as War Minister General Korechika Anami
as Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
as Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
as Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
as Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
as Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
as Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
as General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
as Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
as Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
as President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
as Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
as Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
as Naval Surgeon Kobayashi
as Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
as Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
as Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
as General
as General
as General
as Journalist
as Old Journalist
as Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
as Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
as Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman
as Insurgent Commander
as Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
as Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
as Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director
as Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group
as Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
as Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
as Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)
as General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
as Major Nakamura
as Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor
as Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
as Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka
as Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose
as Marshal Shunroku Hata
as Captain Takeo Sasaki
as Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
as Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
as Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War
as Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
as Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
as Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
as Kamikaze
as Kamikaze
as Kamikaze
as Decapitated Man
as General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
as Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant
as Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
as Major Kobayashi
as Keisaku Sano
as Komonta Sano
as Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
as Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
as Guard Supporting the Insurgency
as Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
as Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
as Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
as Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie
as Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
as First Lieutnenant Kuroda
as Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori
as Corporal
as Corporal
as Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army
as Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
as Battalion Commander
as Policeman
as Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
as Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
as Yuriko Hara
as Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
as Chamberlain Okabe
as Staff Kamino
as Kempeitai Lieutenant
as Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
as Emperor Hirohito
as Narrator (voice)
