Battle of the Japan Sea

2h 8min

War

History

Drama

Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Admiral Heihachiro Togo
Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Major Genjiro Akashi
Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Cmdr. Hirose
Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

General Maresuke Nogi
Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

General Gonbei Yamamoto
Matsumoto Hakuō I

Matsumoto Hakuō I

The Emperor Meiji
Toshio Kurosawa

Toshio Kurosawa

Pfc. Maeyama
Makoto Satō

Makoto Satō

Gunnery Chief of Security
Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Staff Officer Tsunoda
Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Staff Officer Akiyama
Kenji Sahara

Kenji Sahara

Sub-Chief
Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Shimaji Hashiguchi
Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Chief of Staff Officer Kato
Keiji Higashiyama

Keiji Higashiyama

Dr. Fujimoto
Jun Funato

Jun Funato

Staff Officer Yamaoka
Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

Hirofumi Ito
Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Narikawa
Ryuji Kita

Ryuji Kita

Kataoka
Kanta Mori

Kanta Mori

Chief of Staff Officer Ijichi
Shin Takioka

Shin Takioka

Kaoru Inoue
Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

Consultant Kuki
Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Chief of Staff Officer Shimamura
Ken Mitsuda

Ken Mitsuda

Ariaki Yamagata
Ted Gunther

Ted Gunther

Shuriakusu
Jacob Shapiro

Jacob Shapiro

Informant
Harold Conway

Harold Conway

Captain John Campbell
Osman Yusuf

Osman Yusuf

Russian Officer
Peter Williams

Peter Williams

Admiral Nebagotov
Andrew Hughes

Andrew Hughes

Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky (General Commander of Baltic Fleet)

Release date

1st Aug 1969

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語