Regie:
Kihachi OkamotoScenario:
Shinobu HashimotoCamera:
Hiroshi MuraiMuziek:
Masaru SatōActeurs:
Toshirō Mifune, Sō Yamamura, Chishû Ryû, Takashi Shimura, Susumu Fujita, Akira Kubo, Kiyoshi Kodama, Hisashi Igawa, Michiyo Aratama, Daisuke Katō (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
On August 15th, 1945, the Japanese people faced utter destruction. Millions of soldiers and civilians were dead, the rest were starving, and their cities had been reduced to piles of rubble, two of them vaporized by atomic bombs. The government was deadlocked; some ministers called for surrender, and others argued that honor demanded a final battle on home soil. To break the impasse, the cabinet took the unprecedented step of asking the Emperor to decide the fate of the nation.
Unable to bear the suffering of his people any longer, and finally given the power to do something about it, the Emperor decreed that Japan would surrender.
Much work remained to be done: the Imperial Rescript had to be composed, the Emperor had to record it, and it had to be broadcast to the nation. And there were many soldiers and civilians who could not accept surrender, and would do anything, even commit treason, to avoid it.
In a single 24-hour period, the fate of 100 million people would be decided.
(officiële tekst van distribiteur)
Acteurs
![Toshirō Mifune](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268053_2ff826.jpg)
Toshirō Mifune
China
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
![Sō Yamamura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950077_1d32fc.jpg)
Sō Yamamura
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Tókjó bošoku (1957)
続・忍びの者 (1963)
![Chishû Ryû](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271621_c51c65.jpg)
Chishû Ryû
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Tókjó bošoku (1957)
Nikudan (1968)
![Takashi Shimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272248_eaa921.jpg)
Takashi Shimura
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
![Susumu Fujita](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271342_95544c.jpg)
Susumu Fujita
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
Tengoku to džigoku (1963)
Akira Kubo
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Zatóiči (1989)
Tsubaki Sanjūrō (1962)
![Kiyoshi Kodama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/400/159400828_e8ab97.jpg)
Kiyoshi Kodama
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Čúšingura: Hana no maki – juki no maki (1962)
Steamboy (2004)
Hisashi Igawa
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Seppuku (1962)
Ame agaru (1999)
![Michiyo Aratama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279590_52b65e.jpg)
Michiyo Aratama
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Ningen no jôken III (1961)
Ningen no jôken I (1959)
![Daisuke Katō](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886513_8bb3e1.jpg)
Daisuke Katō
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Jódžinbó (1961)
Kōji Mitsui
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Suna no onna (1964)
Tengoku to džigoku (1963)
![Seiji Miyaguchi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279848_3a706d.jpg)
Seiji Miyaguchi
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Early Summer (1951)
Shichinin no samurai (1954)
Yutaka Sada
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Tengoku to džigoku (1963)
Akahige (1965)
Kazuo Kitamura
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Taijó o nusunda otoko (1979)
Tengoku to džigoku (1963)
Keiju Kobayashi
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Sukedačija sukeroku (2001)
Tsubaki Sanjūrō (1962)
![Yûzô Kayama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/410/160410775_874eb7.jpg)
Yûzô Kayama
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Akahige (1965)
Tsubaki Sanjūrō (1962)
かつべひろゆき
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Violent Cop (1989)
![Jun Hamamura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/430/161430946_aaacb0.jpg)
Jun Hamamura
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Zatoichi no uta ga kikoeru (1966)
Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Early Summer (1951)
Ningen no jôken III (1961)
Etsushi Takahashi
Japan
Beste films:
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Nikudan (1968)
Zatóiči gojótabi (1972)