The Emperor in August

Plot

In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bom... read more

  • Masato Harada

    Director

  • Masato Harada

    Screenplay

  • Kazutoshi Handô

    Novel

  • Takahide Shibanushi

    Director of Photography

  • Eugene Harada

    Editor

  • 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

  • Ken'ichi Yajima

    Naidaijin Kōichi Kido

  • Ikuji Nakamura

    Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

  • Kazuhiro Yamaji

    Tōji Yasui

  • Akaji Maro

    Admiral Hisanori Fujita

  • Yuki Ikenobō

    Empress Kōjun

  • Shû Nakajima

    General Hideki Tojo

  • 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

  • Kenzo Ryu

  • Mio Tanaka

    Kokatsu Arao

  • Runtime

    136 minutes

    Released

    2015-08-08

    Languages

    日本語

    Countries

    Japan

    Studios

    Shochiku

    Asmik Ace

    Sound

  • Harumi Fuuki

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    226 days ago

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