---
title: 'Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Seiji Maruyama'
released: '1969-08-13'
runtime_minutes: 128
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/battle-of-the-japan-sea-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064733/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)

1969 · 128 min · Drama, War · Japan

Original title: 日本海大海戦

## Synopsis

Battle of the Japan Sea  is a 1969 Japanese epic war film directed by Seiji Maruyama, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film stars Toshiro Mifune, Yūzō Kayama, Tatsuya Nakadai, Toshio Kurosawa, Makoto Satō, Ryutaro Tatsumi, Chishū Ryū, and Matsumoto Kōshirō VIII. In the film, the Imperial Japanese Navy and army fail in their attempts to seize Port Arthur, and the Russian Pacific Fleet bears down on the Japan Sea during the Russo-Japanese War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Seiji Maruyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/seiji-maruyama)
- **Screenplay:** [Toshio Yasumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshio-yasumi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)
- **Producer:** [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyuki-tanaka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Hiroshi Murai](https://cinepixo.com/people/hiroshi-murai)

## Cast

- [Akihiko Hirata](https://cinepixo.com/people/akihiko-hirata)
- [Akira Kubo](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-kubo)
- [Ryūtarō Tatsumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryutaro-tatsumi)
- [Yūzō Kayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuzo-kayama)
- [Matsumoto Hakuō I](https://cinepixo.com/people/matsumoto-hakuo-i)
- [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune) as Tōgō Heihachirō
- [Susumu Fujita](https://cinepixo.com/people/susumu-fujita)
- [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-nakadai)
- [Chishū Ryū](https://cinepixo.com/people/chishu-ryu)
- [Mitsuko Kusabue](https://cinepixo.com/people/mitsuko-kusabue)
- [Makoto Satō](https://cinepixo.com/people/makoto-sato)

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