Japan's Longest Day Cast and Crew

Japan's Longest Day

Plot: 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

Release Date: Thursday, August 3 1967
57 years ago

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Cast

Seiji Miyaguchi. Seiji Miyaguchi was 53 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo'.

Birthday: Fri, Nov 14 1913 –
Died: Fri, Apr 12 1985

Rokkō Toura. Rokkō Toura was 37 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato'.

Birthday: Wed, Apr 30 1930 –
Died: Thu, Mar 25 1993

Chishū Ryū. Chishū Ryū was 63 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki'.

Birthday: Fri, May 13 1904 –
Died: Tue, Mar 16 1993

Sō Yamamura. Sō Yamamura was 57 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai'.

Birthday: Thu, Feb 24 1910 –
Died: Fri, May 26 2000

Toshirō Mifune. Toshirō Mifune was 47 in Japan's Longest Day as 'War Minister General Korechika Anami'.

Birthday: Thu, Apr 01 1920 –
Died: Wed, Dec 24 1997

Yoshio Kosugi. Yoshio Kosugi was 63 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade'.

Birthday: Tue, Sep 15 1903 –
Died: Tue, Mar 12 1968

Takashi Shimura. Takashi Shimura was 62 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura'.

Birthday: Sun, Mar 12 1905 –
Died: Thu, Feb 11 1982

Etsushi Takahashi. Etsushi Takahashi was 32 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida'.

Birthday: Fri, Aug 02 1935 –
Died: Sun, May 19 1996

Takao Inoue. Takao Inoue was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Tadao Nakamaru. Tadao Nakamaru was 34 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 31 1933 –
Died: Thu, Apr 23 2009

Toshio Kurosawa. Toshio Kurosawa was 23 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section'.

Birthday: Fri, Feb 04 1944

Akira Kitchôji. Akira Kitchôji was 61 in Japan's Longest Day as 'General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff'.

Birthday: Sat, Apr 07 1906

Haruo Yamada. Haruo Yamada was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Ryōsuke Kagawa. Ryōsuke Kagawa was 70 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro'.

Birthday: Sat, Oct 10 1896 –
Died: Fri, Apr 17 1987

Ushio Akashi. Ushio Akashi was 68 in Japan's Longest Day as 'President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma'.

Birthday: Sun, Sep 11 1898 –
Died: Wed, Nov 26 1986

Isao Tamagawa. Isao Tamagawa was 45 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section'.

Birthday: Wed, Jan 11 1922 –
Died: Thu, Jan 01 2004

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi. Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi was 49 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff'.

Birthday: Tue, Nov 20 1917 –
Died: Wed, Jan 28 1970

Tōru Takeuchi. Tōru Takeuchi was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Naval Surgeon Kobayashi'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Takeshi Katō. Takeshi Katō was 38 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu'.

Birthday: Fri, May 24 1929 –
Died: Fri, Jul 31 2015

Kyuzo Kawabe. Kyuzo Kawabe was 34 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu'.

Birthday: Fri, Aug 12 1932

Tatsuyoshi Ehara. Tatsuyoshi Ehara was 30 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 26 1937 –
Died: Sat, May 01 2021

Kazuko Iida. Kazuko Iida was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'General'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Shiro Kida. Shiro Kida was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'General'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Shiyuki Tanaka. Shiyuki Tanaka was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'General'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Keisuke Yamada. Keisuke Yamada was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Journalist'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Kōji Mitsui. Kōji Mitsui was 57 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Old Journalist'.

Birthday: Sun, Mar 06 1910 –
Died: Fri, Jul 20 1979

Yoshio Tsuchiya. Yoshio Tsuchiya was 40 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer'.

Birthday: Wed, May 18 1927 –
Died: Wed, Feb 08 2017

Shōgo Shimada. Shōgo Shimada was 61 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division'.

Birthday: Wed, Dec 13 1905 –
Died: Fri, Nov 26 2004

Goro Morino. Goro Morino was 73 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman'.

Birthday: Fri, Jun 15 1894 –
Died: Fri, Dec 04 1987

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi. Yasuhisa Tsutsumi was 45 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Insurgent Commander'.

Birthday: Thu, Mar 30 1922

Minoru Takada. Minoru Takada was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Daisuke Katō. Daisuke Katō was 56 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director'.

Birthday: Sat, Feb 18 1911 –
Died: Thu, Jul 31 1975

Shigeki Ishida. Shigeki Ishida was 43 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director'.

Birthday: Mon, Mar 17 1924

Jun Tazaki. Jun Tazaki was 53 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group'.

Birthday: Thu, Aug 28 1913 –
Died: Fri, Oct 18 1985

Akihiko Hirata. Akihiko Hirata was 39 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group'.

Birthday: Mon, Dec 26 1927 –
Died: Wed, Jul 25 1984

Sachio Sakai. Sachio Sakai was 41 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief'.

Birthday: Tue, Sep 08 1925 –
Died: Wed, Mar 11 1998

Nobuo Nakamura. Nobuo Nakamura was 58 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido'.

Birthday: Mon, Sep 14 1908 –
Died: Fri, Jul 05 1991

Shin Tatsuoka. Shin Tatsuoka was 62 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)'.

Birthday: Fri, Dec 16 1904 –
Died: Sat, Oct 15 1983

Ryuji Kita. Ryuji Kita was 62 in Japan's Longest Day as 'General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor'.

Birthday: Sun, Jan 01 1905 –
Died: Sun, Apr 16 1972

Akiji Nomura. Akiji Nomura was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Major Nakamura'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Yū Fujiki. Yū Fujiki was 36 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor'.

Birthday: Mon, Mar 02 1931 –
Died: Mon, Dec 19 2005

Kazuo Kitamura. Kazuo Kitamura was 40 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 11 1927 –
Died: Sun, May 06 2007

Fuyuki Murakami. Fuyuki Murakami was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Hyo Kitazawa. Hyo Kitazawa was 56 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose'.

Birthday: Thu, May 18 1911 –
Died: Mon, Aug 04 1980

Masao Imafuku. Masao Imafuku was 46 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Marshal Shunroku Hata'.

Birthday: Fri, Apr 08 1921 –
Died: Wed, May 27 2015

Hideyo Amamoto. Hideyo Amamoto was 41 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Captain Takeo Sasaki'.

Birthday: Sat, Jan 02 1926 –
Died: Sun, Mar 23 2003

Shigeru Kōyama. Shigeru Kōyama was 38 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section'.

Birthday: Wed, Jan 16 1929 –
Died: Tue, Jan 03 2017

Jun Hamamura. Jun Hamamura was 61 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief'.

Birthday: Wed, Feb 07 1906 –
Died: Wed, Jun 21 1995

Kaku Oze. Kaku Oze was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Makoto Satō. Makoto Satō was 33 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division'.

Birthday: Sun, Mar 18 1934 –
Died: Thu, Dec 06 2012

Akira Kubo. Akira Kubo was 30 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division'.

Birthday: Tue, Dec 01 1936

Naoya Kusakawa. Naoya Kusakawa was 38 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer'.

Birthday: Tue, Jun 11 1929

Masao Akitsuki. Masao Akitsuki was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Kamikaze'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Seiichirō Nomura. Seiichirō Nomura was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Kamikaze'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Hiroo Kirino. Hiroo Kirino was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Kamikaze'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Yasuo Araki. Yasuo Araki was 29 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Decapitated Man'.

Birthday: Fri, Jun 17 1938

Kenjirō Ishiyama. Kenjirō Ishiyama was 63 in Japan's Longest Day as 'General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army'.

Birthday: Fri, Oct 09 1903 –
Died: Mon, May 10 1976

Keikichi Taki. Keikichi Taki was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Susumu Fujita. Susumu Fujita was 55 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 08 1912 –
Died: Sat, Mar 23 1991

Hiroshi Tanaka. Hiroshi Tanaka was 33 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Major Kobayashi'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 01 1934 –
Died: Sat, Jan 02 1993

Yutaka Sada. Yutaka Sada was 56 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Keisaku Sano'.

Birthday: Thu, Mar 30 1911

Tadayoshi Ueda. Tadayoshi Ueda was 33 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Komonta Sano'.

Birthday: Mon, Nov 27 1933 –
Died: Sun, Feb 27 2011

Nobuyuki Katsube. Nobuyuki Katsube was 29 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law'.

Birthday: Mon, May 23 1938

Yūnosuke Itō. Yūnosuke Itō was 48 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade'.

Birthday: Sun, Aug 03 1919 –
Died: Tue, Mar 11 1980

Hiroshi Hasegawa. Hiroshi Hasegawa was 39 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Guard Supporting the Insurgency'.

Birthday: Tue, Jan 03 1928

Hirayoshi Aono. Hirayoshi Aono was 55 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita'.

Birthday: Fri, Aug 02 1912 –
Died: Sun, Dec 08 1974

Kiyoshi Kodama. Kiyoshi Kodama was 33 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 01 1934 –
Died: Mon, May 16 2011

Torahiko Hamada. Torahiko Hamada was 47 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui'.

Birthday: Thu, Sep 18 1919 –
Died: Thu, Oct 15 2009

Tadashi Fukuro. Tadashi Fukuro was 35 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie'.

Birthday: Sun, Feb 21 1932

Keiju Kobayashi. Keiju Kobayashi was 43 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa'.

Birthday: Fri, Nov 23 1923 –
Died: Thu, Sep 16 2010

Ichirō Nakatani. Ichirō Nakatani was 36 in Japan's Longest Day as 'First Lieutnenant Kuroda'.

Birthday: Wed, Oct 15 1930 –
Died: Thu, Apr 01 2004

Tadasaburo Wakayama. Tadasaburo Wakayama was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Ren Yamamoto. Ren Yamamoto was 37 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Corporal'.

Birthday: Mon, May 12 1930 –
Died: Fri, Jun 17 2005

Yutaka Nakayama. Yutaka Nakayama was 35 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Corporal'.

Birthday: Wed, Sep 23 1931

Kanta Mori. Kanta Mori was 43 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army'.

Birthday: Sat, Jan 19 1924 –
Died: Wed, Nov 15 2000

Tōru Ibuki. Tōru Ibuki was 27 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer'.

Birthday: Sun, Jan 28 1940

Seishirō Kuno. Seishirō Kuno was 27 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Battalion Commander'.

Birthday: Thu, Apr 18 1940

Yasuzō Ogawa. Yasuzō Ogawa was 34 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Policeman'.

Birthday: Tue, Sep 06 1932

Yoshifumi Tajima. Yoshifumi Tajima was 48 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment'.

Birthday: Sun, Aug 04 1918 –
Died: Thu, Sep 10 2009

Yūzō Kayama. Yūzō Kayama was 30 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster'.

Birthday: Sun, Apr 11 1937

Michiyo Aratama. Michiyo Aratama was 37 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Yuriko Hara'.

Birthday: Wed, Jan 15 1930 –
Died: Sat, Mar 17 2001

Akio Miyabe. Akio Miyabe was 36 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer'.

Birthday: Thu, Feb 26 1931 –
Died: Sat, Jun 17 2006

Ginzô Sekiguchi. Ginzô Sekiguchi was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Chamberlain Okabe'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Hiroshi Sekita. Hiroshi Sekita was 34 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Staff Kamino'.

Birthday: Thu, Nov 17 1932

Hisashi Igawa. Hisashi Igawa was 30 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Kempeitai Lieutenant'.

Birthday: Tue, Nov 17 1936

Hiroshi Koizumi. Hiroshi Koizumi was 40 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster'.

Birthday: Thu, Aug 12 1926 –
Died: Sun, May 31 2015

Matsumoto Hakuō I. Matsumoto Hakuō I was 57 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Emperor Hirohito'.

Birthday: Thu, Jul 07 1910 –
Died: Mon, Jan 11 1982

Tatsuya Nakadai. Tatsuya Nakadai was 34 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Narrator (voice)'.

Birthday: Tue, Dec 13 1932

Itaru Ose. Itaru Ose was >> in Japan's Longest Day

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Crew

Kihachi Okamoto. Kihachi Okamoto was 43 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Director'

Birthday: Sun, Feb 17 1924 –
Died: Sat, Feb 19 2005

Hiroshi Murai. Hiroshi Murai was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Director of Photography'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Michio Yamamoto. Michio Yamamoto was 34 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Assistant Director'

Birthday: Thu, Jul 06 1933 –
Died: Mon, Aug 23 2004

Kunihiko Watanabe. Kunihiko Watanabe was 33 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Assistant Director'

Birthday: Sat, Mar 17 1934 –
Died: Tue, Mar 28 2017

Shinobu Hashimoto. Shinobu Hashimoto was 49 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Screenplay'

Birthday: Thu, Apr 18 1918 –
Died: Thu, Jul 19 2018

Tomoyuki Tanaka. Tomoyuki Tanaka was 57 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Producer'

Birthday: Tue, Apr 26 1910 –
Died: Wed, Apr 02 1997

Sanezumi Fujimoto. Sanezumi Fujimoto was 57 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Producer'

Birthday: Fri, Jul 15 1910 –
Died: Wed, May 02 1979

Yoshitami Kuroiwa. Yoshitami Kuroiwa was 35 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Editor'

Birthday: Sun, Nov 15 1931 –
Died: Wed, Dec 12 2012

Masaru Satō. Masaru Satō was 39 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Original Music Composer'

Birthday: Tue, May 29 1928 –
Died: Sun, Dec 05 1999

Tsuruzô Nishikawa. Tsuruzô Nishikawa was 57 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Lighting Technician'

Birthday: Sat, Feb 19 1910 –
Died: Thu, Feb 05 1970

Iwao Akune. Iwao Akune was 42 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Art Direction'

Birthday: Fri, Jan 16 1925

Shin Watarai. Shin Watarai was 48 in Japan's Longest Day as 'Sound Recordist'

Birthday: Fri, Dec 13 1918 –
Died: Mon, May 28 2001

Soichi Oya. Soichi Oya was >> in Japan's Longest Day as 'Novel'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday