August without Emperor (1978)
2h 20m
Running Time
September 23, 1978Release Date
August without Emperor (1978)
2h 20m
Running Time
September 23, 1978Release Date
Network & Production Companies


Plot.
Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
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Cast & Crew.

Tsunehiko Watase
Akimasa Fujisaki

Sayuri Yoshinaga
Kyoko Fujisaki

Etsushi Takahashi
Yasuhisa Toshikura

Kei Yamamoto
Hiroaki Ishimori

Rentaro Mikuni
Tameichiro Emi

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tadashi Tojo

Kensaku Morita
Koichi Ariga

Toshiyuki Nagashima
Sergeant Yajima

Morio Kazama

Shinichirō Mikami
Captain Komori

Isao Hashimoto
Sergeant Shima

Shigeru Kōyama
Shingo Shogaki

Mizuho Suzuki
Army General Mano

Eiji Okada
Assistant General Tokunaga

Hideji Ōtaki
Noguchi

Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kubo

Osamu Takizawa
Prime Minister Sabashi

Shin Saburi
Gozo Ohata

Kiwako Taichi
Saeko Nakagami

Tetsuro Tamba
Army General Mikami

Akira Kume
Trade Minister Kawasaki

Taketoshi Naitō
Labor Minister Hamao

Torahiko Hamada
Finance Minister Sone

Kappei Matsumoto
Education Minister Wako

Tomo'o Nagai
Defense Minister Yamamura

Eitarō Ozawa
Infrastructure Minister Osanai

Kuniyasu Atsumi
Cabinet Secretary Kurosu

Yuriko Kono
Chiaki Ishimori

Jun Hamamura
Secretary

Nobuo Tsukamoto
Kume

Yutaka Nakajima
Noriko

Jun Izumi
Yumi

Yoshiko Okada
Kaneda

Satsuo Yamamoto
Director / Screenplay

Noritaka Sakamoto
Director of Photography

Masaru Satō
Original Music Composer

Akiyuki Ito
Sound Effects

Isao Kumagai
Assistant Director

Kyuzo Kobayashi
Original Story

Nobuo Yamada
Screenplay

Masayuki Shibuya
Screenplay

Tadataka Yoshino
Art Direction

Toshio Tanaka
Sound Recordist

Ryuji Matsumoto
Sound Mixer

Minoru Yakame
Lighting Technician

Yoshi Sugihara
Editor

Shigemi Sugisaki
Executive Producer

Tokuko Miyako
Executive Producer

Kanji Nakagawa
Executive Producer

Tadayuki Okamoto

Taku Kido

Keiji Tsuchida

Nobuo Takagi

Kazuhiro Takasugi

Kayoko Minowa

Matsuko Shiga

Kôei Yamamoto

Akihiko Hanyû

Shuichi Oki

Hidetoshi Hasegawa

Seiji Shinohara

Zenpei Saga

Junichi Hayakawa

Tatsuo Ito

Kiyoto Harada

Nobuyuki Katsube

Tsutomu Isobe

Yasuo Kanechika

Katsumi Itô

Sōnosuke Oda

Toshiyuki Watanabe

Ryûsuke Kita
Media.

Details.
Release DateSeptember 23, 1978
Original Name皇帝のいない八月
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 20m
Genres
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