The Emperor in August (2015)
August 8, 2015Release Date
The Emperor in August (2015)
August 8, 2015Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Koji Yakusho
General Korechika Anami
Masahiro Motoki
Emperor Showa
Tori Matsuzaka
Major Kenji Hatanaka
Shinichi Tsutsumi
Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki
Kenichi Yajima
Naidaijin Kōichi Kido
Sota Aoyama
Kenzo Kubota
Ikuji Nakamura
Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Seizō Fukumoto
Takao Suzuki
Kazuhiro Yamaji
Tōji Yasui
Ichiro Hashimoto
Nobutsune Oda
Akaji Maro
Admiral Hisanori Fujita
Yuki Ikenobō
Empress Kōjun
Hajime Inoue
Soemu Toyoda
Shû Nakajima
General Hideki Tojo
Takashi Inoue
Yoshijirou Umezu
Yasumasa Oba
Lieutenant Colonel Masataka Ida
Misako Renbutsu
Kimiko
Erika Toda
Miss Yasuki
Kenichi Matsuyama
Takeo Sasaki
Yuko Miyamoto
Takeko Hoshina
Shota Totsuka
Captain Masayoshi Fujii
Mio Tanaka
Kokatsu Arao
Rikiya Mifune
Koreaki Anami
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Release DateAugust 8, 2015
Original Name日本のいちばん長い日
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 16m
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The Emperor in August (Japanese: 日本のいちばん長い日, literally "Japan's Longest Day") is a 2015 Japanese historical drama film directed by Masato Harada. It was released on August 8, 2015.A remake of Japan's Longest Day (1967), the film depicts the chain of command of Imperial Japan's government, military, and War Council under Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) in the immediate period before the surrender of Japan in World War II between April 1945 to 15 August 1945 (Hirohito surrender broadcast), chronicling Kantarō Suzuki's term as the Prime Minister and the final months of War Minister Korechika Anami, the Allied firebombing of Tokyo on May 25, preparations for Operation Ketsugō, the leadership's response to the Potsdam Declaration, Soviet–Japanese War and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the failed military coup intended to foil Japan's declaration of surrender.