Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
Overview
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.
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Admiral Heihachiro Togo
Tatsuya Nakadai
Major Genjiro Akashi
Yūzō Kayama
Cmdr. Hirose
Chishū Ryū
General Maresuke Nogi
Susumu Fujita
Uemura
Mitsuko Kusabue
Mrs. Togo
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
General Gonbei Yamamoto
Matsumoto Hakuō I
The Emperor Meiji
Toshio Kurosawa
Pfc. Maeyama
Yōko Tsukasa
Akira Kubo
Matsui
Makoto Satō
Gunnery Chief of Security
Akihiko Hirata
Staff Officer Tsunoda
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Staff Officer Akiyama
Kenji Sahara
Sub-Chief
Yoshibumi Tajima
Ijichi
Hiroshi Koizumi
Kurino
Jun Tazaki
Shimaji Hashiguchi
Takeshi Katō
Chief of Staff Officer KatoRecommendations
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