130 minutes
8/14/1968
As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
Toshirō Mifune
as Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Yūzō Kayama
as First Lieutenant Ijuin
Yōko Tsukasa
as Sumie Kimura
Toshio Kurosawa
as 1st Lt. Kimura
Makoto Satō
as Genda
Daisuke Katō
as Chief of Press Section
Masayuki Mori
as Prime Minister Konoe
Wakako Sakai
as Tomoko Yakuki
Matsumoto Hakuō II
as Minister Yoneuchi
Kenjirō Ishiyama
as Cmdr. Momotake
Susumu Fujita
as Kurita
Yoshio Tsuchiya
as Staff Officer Kuroshima
Akihiko Hirata
as Staff Officer Watanabe
Kenji Sahara
as First Officer of Information Section
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Narrator (voice)
Haruo Nakajima
as Staff of Flying Dragon / Staff of Rabaul
Masao Shimizu
as Kurita
Eijirō Yanagi
as Nagano
Seiji Miyaguchi
as Ito
Fuyuki Murakami
as Air Force Cmdr. Iwakuni
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
as Boatman Kitaro
Yoshio Inaba
as Chief of Staff Ugaki
Masaaki Tachibana
as Staff Officer Arima
Yū Fujiki
as Staff Officer Fujii
Yoshifumi Tajima
as (uncredited)
Jun'ichirō Mukai
as Fukutome
Tadashi Okabe
as Tomioka
Ryuji Kita
as Minister of the Navy Oikawa
Masao Imafuku
as Minister of the Army Hata
Tōru Abe
as Chief of Staff Soka
Hisaya Ito
as (uncredited)
Naoya Kusakawa
as (uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata
as Capt. Hayakawa
Akira Kubo
as 1st Lt. Takano
Ryo Tamura
as Sub-Lt. Mikami
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
as Sub-Lt. Morisaki
Hiroyuki Ôta
as Ohmori
Tōru Ibuki
as Nogami
Susumu Kurobe
as (uncredited)
Masaki Shinohara
as (uncredited)
Kōji Uruki
as (uncredited)
Ichirō Nakatani
as (uncredited)
Yutaka Sada
as (uncredited)