118 minutes
4/26/1960
Lt. Koji Kitami is a navigator-bombardier in Japan's Naval Air Force. He participates in the Japanese raid on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in 1941 and is welcomed with pride in his hometown on his return. As Japan racks up victory after victory in the Pacific War, Kitami is caught up in the emotion of the time and fights courageously for the standard of Japanese honor. But his assuredness of his government's righteousness is shaken after the Japanese navy is defeated in the debacle of Midway.
Yōsuke Natsuki
as Lt. Koji Kitami
Toshirō Mifune
as Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi
Koji Tsuruta
as Lt. Tomonari
Makoto Satō
as Lt. Matsuura
Aiko Mimasu
as Sato
Jun Tazaki
as Captain
Takashi Shimura
as Tosaku
Misa Uehara
as Keiko
Keiju Kobayashi
Tatsuya Mihashi
Hiroshi Koizumi
Akira Takarada
Seizaburō Kawazu
Ken Uehara
Susumu Fujita
Akihiko Hirata
as Fleet Staff Officer
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Haruo Nakajima
Ryō Ikebe
Yutaka Sada