128 minutes
8/1/1969
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.
Toshirō Mifune
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Major Genjiro Akashi
Yūzō Kayama
as Cmdr. Hirose
Chishū Ryū
as General Maresuke Nogi
Susumu Fujita
as Uemura
Mitsuko Kusabue
as Mrs. Togo
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
as General Gonbei Yamamoto
Matsumoto Hakuō I
as The Emperor Meiji
Toshio Kurosawa
as Pfc. Maeyama
Yōko Tsukasa
Akira Kubo
as Matsui
Makoto Satō
as Gunnery Chief of Security
Akihiko Hirata
as Staff Officer Tsunoda
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Staff Officer Akiyama
Kenji Sahara
as Sub-Chief
Yoshifumi Tajima
as Ijichi
Hiroshi Koizumi
as Kurino
Jun Tazaki
as Shimaji Hashiguchi
Takeshi Katō
as Chief of Staff Officer Kato
Atsushi Higashiyama
as Sugino
Keiji Higashiyama
as Dr. Fujimoto
Seiji Matsuyama
as Matsu
Jun Funato
as Staff Officer Yamaoka
Eijirō Yanagi
as Hirofumi Ito
Masao Shimizu
as Tozuka
Toru Yasube
as Suchi
Gen Shimizu
as Narikawa
Ryuji Kita
as Kataoka
Kanta Mori
as Chief of Staff Officer Ijichi
Toshiyuki Takahashi
as Nagata
Shin Takioka
as Kaoru Inoue
Takamaru Sasaki
as Consultant Kuki
Yoshio Inaba
as Chief of Staff Officer Shimamura
Ken Mitsuda
as Ariaki Yamagata
Yutaka Sada
Kazuo Suzuki
Wataru Ōmae
Chōtarō Tōgin
Seishirō Kuno
Yutaka Oka
Noriko Honma
Ted Gunther
as Shuriakusu
Jacob Shapiro
as Informant
Harold Conway
as Captain John Campbell
Hans Horneff
as Soldier
Osman Yusuf
as Russian Officer
Peter Williams
as Admiral Nebagotov
Andrew Hughes
as Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky (General Commander of Baltic Fleet)
Itaru Ose