Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War
113 mins
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.
Yōji Misaki
Prime Minister Katsura
Fumio Hara
Foreign Minister Komura
Hiroaki Kurahashi
Finance Minister Sone
Eiichi Nobuo
Field Marshal Ōyama
Arata Shibata
General Kodama
Kōji Hirose
Major General Nagaoka
Akira Nakamura
Admiral Itō
Mikio Namino
Rear Admiral Uryū
Eiji Wakasugi
Rear Admiral Katō
Saburō Sawai
Fleet staff officer
Teruo Wakatsuki
Fleet staff officer
Yukio Kohama
Navy Minister's aide
Tatsuhiro Oka
Commander Arima
Shinji Arima
Private First Class Sugino
Akira Kato
Captain Narukawa
Satoshi Komori
Captain of the Mikasa
Den Kunikata
First Officer of the Mikasa
Sōzaburō Kikuchi
Squad Leader on the Mikasa
Shin Matsukata
Gunnery Sergeant on the Mikasa
Yōzō Takamura
Gunner on the Mikasa
Tōru Chiba
Navigator on the Mikasa
Hiroshi Hayashi
General Nogi
Hiroshi Izumida
Lieutenant Commander Yoshioka
Masao Takamatsu
Dr. Onozuka
Mitsugi Okura
Executive Producer
Haruyasu Kurosawa
Art Direction
Takashi Watanabe
Director of Photography
Seiichi Suzuki
Original Music Composer
Yuzo Kaji
Art Direction