Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

1h 53min

History

War

Drama

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.

Cast

Kanjūrō Arashi

Kanjūrō Arashi

Emperor Meiji
Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

Hirobumi Itō
Minoru Takada

Minoru Takada

Aritomo Yamagata
Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Kaoru Inoue
Yōji Misaki

Yōji Misaki

Prime Minister Katsura
Ureo Egawa

Ureo Egawa

Navy Minister Yamamoto
Tsunemi Hirose

Tsunemi Hirose

War Minister Terauchi
Fumio Hara

Fumio Hara

Foreign Minister Komura
Hiroaki Kurahashi

Hiroaki Kurahashi

Finance Minister Sone
Eiichi Nobuo

Eiichi Nobuo

Field Marshal Ōyama
Arata Shibata

Arata Shibata

General Kodama
Kōji Hirose

Kōji Hirose

Major General Nagaoka
Akira Nakamura

Akira Nakamura

Admiral Itō
Yōichi Numata

Yōichi Numata

Vice-Admiral Ijuin
Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Vice-Admiral Tōgō
Yōnosuke Toba

Yōnosuke Toba

Vice-Admiral Kamimura
Mikio Namino

Mikio Namino

Rear Admiral Uryū
Eiji Wakasugi

Eiji Wakasugi

Rear Admiral Katō
Jūzaburō Akechi

Jūzaburō Akechi

Commander Akiyama
Saburō Sawai

Saburō Sawai

Fleet staff officer
Teruo Wakatsuki

Teruo Wakatsuki

Fleet staff officer
Yukio Kohama

Yukio Kohama

Navy Minister's aide
Tatsuhiro Oka

Tatsuhiro Oka

Commander Arima
Ken Utsui

Ken Utsui

Lieutenant Commander Hirose
Shinji Arima

Shinji Arima

Private First Class Sugino
Akira Kato

Akira Kato

Captain Narukawa
Satoshi Komori

Satoshi Komori

Captain of the Mikasa
Den Kunikata

Den Kunikata

First Officer of the Mikasa
Sōzaburō Kikuchi

Sōzaburō Kikuchi

Squad Leader on the Mikasa
Shin Matsukata

Shin Matsukata

Gunnery Sergeant on the Mikasa
Yōzō Takamura

Yōzō Takamura

Gunner on the Mikasa
Tōru Chiba

Tōru Chiba

Navigator on the Mikasa
Hiroshi Hayashi

Hiroshi Hayashi

General Nogi
Tadao Takashima

Tadao Takashima

Yasusuke Nogi
Shoji Nakayama

Shoji Nakayama

Major General Ijichi
Shuntarō Emi

Shuntarō Emi

Lieutenant Commander Yamaoka
Hiroshi Izumida

Hiroshi Izumida

Lieutenant Commander Yoshioka
Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Major Tachibana
Masao Takamatsu

Masao Takamatsu

Dr. Onozuka
Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Rear Admiral Shimamura

Release date

29th Apr 1957

Status

Released

Spoken languages

日本語