Japan's Longest Day (1967) on Netflix
After the bombs fall on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan's military and government clash over the Allies' demand for unconditional surrender. War Minister Anami leads officers who want to fight on.
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Plot summary
Minister of the Army General Korechika Anami leads the officers who want to keep fighting after the atomic bombs fall on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, even at the cost of every Japanese citizen's life. Emperor Hirohito sides with his ministers in asking for the peaceful surrender of Japan. The Allies demand unconditional surrender, and the government and the military cannot agree on an answer. The government side includes Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki, Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo, Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai and Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura. The argument runs between noon on August 14, 1945 and noon on August 15, 1945.
Cast
- Takao Inoueas Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
- Akira Kitchôjias General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
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- Haruo Yamadaas Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
- Tôru Takeuchias Naval Surgeon Kobayashi
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Japan's Longest Day (1967)
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- Japan's Longest Day opened in Japan on August 12, 1967, close to the anniversary of the surrender, and this started a trend of releasing World War II films on that anniversary, among them director Kihachi Okamoto's own 1971 film The Battle of Okinawa.
- Masaki Kobayashi was originally supposed to direct Japan's Longest Day but did not want to, so co-producer Sanezumi Fujimoto suggested that Kihachi Okamoto take the job instead, according to Okamoto.
