Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.
Director:
Kunio Watanabe
Writer:
Kunio Watanabe
Kanjūrō Arashi Emperor Meiji |
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Kusuo Abe Hirobumi Itō |
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Minoru Takada Aritomo Yamagata |
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Shin Takemura | |
Susumu Fujita Kaoru Inoue |
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Yōji Misaki Prime Minister Katsura |
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Ureo Egawa Navy Minister Yamamoto |
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Tsunemi Hirose War Minister Terauchi |
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Fumio Hara Foreign Minister Komura |
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Hiroaki Kurahashi Finance Minister Sone |
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Jun Mihara | |
Eiichi Nobuo Field Marshal Ōyama |
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Arata Shibata General Kodama |
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Kôji Hirose Major General Nagaoka |
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Akira Nakamura Admiral Itō |
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Yōichi Numata Vice-Admiral Ijuin |
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Toshio Hosokawa | |
Jun Tazaki Vice-Admiral Tōgō |
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Yōnosuke Toba Vice-Admiral Kamimura |
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Mikio Namino Rear Admiral Uryū |
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Eiji Wakasugi Rear Admiral Katō |
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Hiroshi Ogasawara | |
Jūzaburō Akechi Commander Akiyama |
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Saburō Sawai Fleet staff officer |
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Teruo Wakatsuki Fleet staff officer |
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Yukio Kohama Navy Minister's aide |
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Tatsuhiro Oka Commander Arima |
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Ken Utsui Lieutenant Commander Hirose |
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Shinji Arima Private First Class Sugino |
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Akira Kato Captain Narukawa |
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Satoshi Komori Captain of the Mikasa |
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Den Kunikata First Officer of the Mikasa |
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Sōzaburō Kikuchi Squad Leader on the Mikasa |
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Shin Matsukata Gunnery Sergeant on the Mikasa |
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Yōzō Takamura Gunner on the Mikasa |
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Tōru Chiba Navigator on the Mikasa |
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Fumiya Nakamura | |
Hiroshi Hayashi General Nogi |
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Tadao Takashima Yasusuke Nogi |
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Shoji Nakayama Major General Ijichi |
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Kyoji Murayama | |
Shuntarō Emi Lieutenant Commander Yamaoka |
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Hiroshi Izumida Lieutenant Commander Yoshioka |
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Yutaka Maki | |
Tomohiko Ôtani | |
Tomisaburō Wakayama Major Tachibana |
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Minoru Asuka | |
Hiroshi Ayukawa | |
Yonosuke Akiyama | |
Kanjiro Nakamura | |
Akio Shirakawa | |
Tadashi Ikezuki | |
Yukio Sayama | |
Gen Funabashi | |
Keinosuke Wada | |
Masaru Kodaka | |
Asao Matsumoto | |
Ichirō Ryūzaki Dr. Tomizu |
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Masao Takamatsu Dr. Onozuka |
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Unpei Yokoyama | |
Shūji Kawabe | |
Kōtarō Sugie | |
Shinsuke Mikimoto | |
Shigeru Amachi | |
Tetsurō Tamba Rear Admiral Shimamura |
Production | Mitsugi Okura | Executive Producer |
Writing | Kunio Watanabe | Screenplay |
Directing | Kunio Watanabe | Director |
Sound | Seiichi Suzuki | Original Music Composer |
Art | Haruyasu Kurosawa | Art Direction |
Camera | Takashi Watanabe | Director of Photography |
Art | Yuzo Kaji | Art Direction |