

119 minutes
10/21/1953
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.

Denjirō Ōkōchi
as Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
as Commander Furukawa

Masao Shimizu
as Commander Kashima

Eijirō Yanagi
as Premier Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai

Minoru Takada
as Prince Fumimaro Konoe

Ichirō Sugai
as Admiral Koshirô Oikawa

Takashi Shimura
as Colonel A, staff officer of the army

Toshirō Mifune
as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga

Takamaru Sasaki
as Chief of Staff, Combined Fleet

Rentaro Mikuni
as Staff Officer (uncredited)

Keiju Kobayashi
as Staff Officer (uncredited)

Hajime Izu
as Staff Officer (uncredited)

Shin Ōtomo
as (uncredited)

Toranosuke Ogawa
as (uncredited)

Minosuke Yamada
as (uncredited)

Fuyuki Murakami
as (uncredited)

Katsumi Tezuka
as (uncredited)

Heihachirō Ōkawa
as (uncredited)

Yoshio Kosugi
as (uncredited)

Koreya Senda
as (uncredited)

Sachio Sakai
as (uncredited)

Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
as (uncredited)

Haruo Nakajima
as Zero Fighter in Flames (uncredited)

Tadashi Okabe
as (uncredited)
Yutaka Oka
as (uncredited)
Akira Sera
as (uncredited)

Takuzō Kumagai
as (uncredited)

Seijirô Onda
as (uncredited)

Kazuo Suzuki
as (uncredited)
Yo Shiomi

Hirayoshi Aono

Sōji Kiyokawa

Kenjiro Uemura

Nakajirō Tomita
Hideo Saeki
Etsuo Saijo

Isao Yamagata

Bontarō Miake
Sôkichi Maki
Mitsuo Tsuda
Kyoro Sakurai
Kenzo Echigo
Haruya Sakamoto
Kazuo Hinata
Kōji Iwamoto
Saburô Kadowaki
Shigemi Sunagawa

Shōichi Hirose
Akira Nakamura
Akira Kitchôji
Akira Yamada

Toshitsugu Suzuki

Rinsaku Ogata

Shigeo Katō

Akio Kusama
Tsuneo Katagiri
Ichirō Chiba

Haruo Suzuki

Keiji Sakakida
Junnosuke Suda
Shirō Tsuchiya
Yasumasa Ônishi
Junpei Natsuki

Hideo Shibuya
Sanemon Suzuki

Yutaka Sada