Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
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.

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Cast

Kanjūrō Arashi Kanjūrō Arashi As: Emperor Meiji
Kusuo Abe Kusuo Abe As: Hirobumi Itō
Minoru Takada Minoru Takada As: Aritomo Yamagata
Shin Takemura Shin Takemura As:
Susumu Fujita Susumu Fujita As: Kaoru Inoue
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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.


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Details

Genres: History, War, Drama

Language: 日本語

Release Date: 29 April 1957

Country: JP

Runtime: 113m

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Company Credits

Company: Shintoho Company

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Cast

Kanjūrō Arashi

Kanjūrō Arashi

Emperor Meiji

Kusuo Abe

Kusuo Abe

Hirobumi Itō

Minoru Takada

Minoru Takada

Aritomo Yamagata

Shin Takemura

Shin Takemura

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

Jun Mihara

Jun Mihara

Eiichi Nobuo

Eiichi Nobuo

Field Marshal Ōyama

Arata Shibata

Arata Shibata

General Kodama

Kôji Hirose

Kôji Hirose

Major General Nagaoka

Akira Nakamura

Akira Nakamura

Admiral Itō

Yōichi Numata

Yōichi Numata

Vice-Admiral Ijuin

Toshio Hosokawa

Toshio Hosokawa

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

Hiroshi Ogasawara

Hiroshi Ogasawara

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

Fumiya Nakamura

Fumiya Nakamura

Hiroshi Hayashi

Hiroshi Hayashi

General Nogi

Tadao Takashima

Tadao Takashima

Yasusuke Nogi

Shoji Nakayama

Shoji Nakayama

Major General Ijichi

Kyoji Murayama

Kyoji Murayama

Shuntarō Emi

Shuntarō Emi

Lieutenant Commander Yamaoka

Hiroshi Izumida

Hiroshi Izumida

Lieutenant Commander Yoshioka

Yutaka Maki

Yutaka Maki

Tomohiko Ôtani

Tomohiko Ôtani

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Major Tachibana

Minoru Asuka

Minoru Asuka

Hiroshi Ayukawa

Hiroshi Ayukawa

Yonosuke Akiyama

Yonosuke Akiyama

Kanjiro Nakamura

Kanjiro Nakamura

Akio Shirakawa

Akio Shirakawa

Tadashi Ikezuki

Tadashi Ikezuki

Yukio Sayama

Yukio Sayama

Gen Funabashi

Gen Funabashi

Keinosuke Wada

Keinosuke Wada

Masaru Kodaka

Masaru Kodaka

Asao Matsumoto

Asao Matsumoto

Ichirō Ryūzaki

Ichirō Ryūzaki

Dr. Tomizu

Masao Takamatsu

Masao Takamatsu

Dr. Onozuka

Unpei Yokoyama

Unpei Yokoyama

Shūji Kawabe

Shūji Kawabe

Kōtarō Sugie

Kōtarō Sugie

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Shinsuke Mikimoto

Shigeru Amachi

Shigeru Amachi

Tetsuro Tamba

Tetsuro Tamba

Rear Admiral Shimamura

Directed By

Writing Credits

Kunio Watanabe

Kunio Watanabe

Screenplay

Production Crew

Mitsugi Okura

Mitsugi Okura

Executive Producer

Edited By

Not currently known.

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Seiichi Suzuki

Seiichi Suzuki

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Takashi Watanabe

Takashi Watanabe

Director of Photography

Lighting

Not currently known.

Art Department

Haruyasu Kurosawa

Haruyasu Kurosawa

Art Direction

Yuzo Kaji

Yuzo Kaji

Art Direction

Other Crew

Not currently known.

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