

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.

Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato

Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki

Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

War Minister General Korechika Anami

Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade

Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura

Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita

Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki

Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro

President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma

Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section

Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Naval Surgeon Kobayashi

Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu

Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu

Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
General
General
General
Journalist

Old Journalist

Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer

Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman

Insurgent Commander

Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau

Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director

Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group

Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group

Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)

General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
Major Nakamura

Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor

Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief

Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka

Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose

Marshal Shunroku Hata

Captain Takeo Sasaki

Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section

Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War

Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division

Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division

Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
Kamikaze
Kamikaze
Kamikaze
Decapitated Man

General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant

Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment

Major Kobayashi

Keisaku Sano
Komonta Sano

Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law

Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
Guard Supporting the Insurgency

Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita

Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda

Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie

Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa

First Lieutnenant Kuroda
Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori

Corporal

Corporal
Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army

Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Battalion Commander
Policeman

Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment

Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster

Yuriko Hara
Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Chamberlain Okabe
Staff Kamino

Kempeitai Lieutenant

Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster

Emperor Hirohito

Narrator (voice)

Director
Novel

Screenplay
Lighting Technician
Sound Recordist
Art Direction
Producer

Producer

Original Music Composer
Director of Photography

Editor

Assistant Director
Assistant Director