---
title: 'Japan''s Longest Day (1967)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kihachi Okamoto'
released: '1967-08-03'
runtime_minutes: 157
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/japans-longest-day-1967'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062041/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Japan's Longest Day (1967)

1967 · 157 min · Drama · Japan

Original title: 日本のいちばん長い日

## Synopsis

Japan's Longest Day  is a 1967 Japanese epic war film directed by Kihachi Okamoto. The subject of the majority of the movie is the period between noon on August 14, 1945, and noon on August 15, 1945, when Emperor Hirohito's decision to surrender to the Allies in World War II was broadcast to the Japanese people, and the attempted coup d'état to prevent that from happening. Film historian Joseph L. Anderson describes the film as "a meticulous reconstruction of the day Japan surrendered and thus ended the Pacific War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kihachi Okamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/kihachi-okamoto)
- **Screenplay:** [Shinobu Hashimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinobu-hashimoto)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Masaru Sato](https://cinepixo.com/people/masaru-sato)
- **Producer:** [Tomoyuki Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomoyuki-tanaka)

## Cast

- [Kazuo Kitamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuo-kitamura)
- [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune) as Korechika Anami
- [Seiji Miyaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/seiji-miyaguchi)
- [Tatsuya Nakadai](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuya-nakadai)
- [Matsumoto Hakuō I](https://cinepixo.com/people/matsumoto-hakuo-i) as Hirohito
- [Yūzō Kayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuzo-kayama)
- [Daisuke Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/daisuke-kato)
- [Chishū Ryū](https://cinepixo.com/people/chishu-ryu) as Kantarō Suzuki
- [Kōji Mitsui](https://cinepixo.com/people/koji-mitsui)
- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura) as Hiroshi Shimomura
- [Rokkō Toura](https://cinepixo.com/people/rokko-toura)
- [Yūnosuke Itō](https://cinepixo.com/people/yunosuke-ito)
- [Sō Yamamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/so-yamamura) as Mitsumasa Yonai
- [Toshio Kurosawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshio-kurosawa)
- [Yoshio Kosugi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshio-kosugi)

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Official site: http://books.bunshun.jp/ud/book/num/9784167483159
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/japans-longest-day-1967
Film facts: Wikidata (Q5367677); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.