In July 1945, during the end of World War II, Japan is forced to accept the Potsdam Declaration. A cabinet meeting has continued through days and nights, but a decision cannot be made. The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. General Korechika Anami is torn over making the proper decision and the Emperor of Japan worries about his people. Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki leads the cabinet meeting, while Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu can't do anything, but watch the meeting. At this time, Major Kenji Hatanaka and other young commissioned officers, who are against Japan surrendering, move to occupy the palace and a radio broadcasting station. The radio station is set to broadcast Emperor Hirohito reading out the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War.

Hell in the Pacific

1968

English

7.2

♡ 15

John Boorman Director

Lee Marvin as American Pilot

Toshirô Mifune as Captain Tsuruhiko Kuroda

During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean.

Japan's Longest Day

1967

Japanese

7.7

♡ 6

79%

Action

based on novel or book

Kihachi Okamoto Director

Kenjirô Ishiyama as General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army

Tadao Nakamaru as Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki - Military Affairs Section

Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura

Toshirô Mifune as War Minister General Korechika Anami

Following the detonation of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese military and the government clash over the demand from the Allies for unconditional surrender. Minister of the Army Anami leads the military officers who propose to fight on, even to the death of every Japanese citizen. Emperor Hirohito, however, joins with his ministers in asking the unthinkable, the peaceful surrender of Japan. When the military plots a coup to overthrow the Emperor's civilian government, Anami must face the choice between his desires and loyalty to his Emperor.

The Human Condition II: Road to Eternity

1959

Japanese

8.5

♡ 38

Action

conscientious objector

Masaki Kobayashi Director

Kenjirô Uemura as Bannai Jôtôhei

Takashi Ebata as Kanamori - Nitôhei

Yûsuke Kawazu as Terada Nitôhei

Kaneko Iwasaki as Tokunaga Kangofu

Kaji is sent to the Japanese army labeled Red and is mistreated by the vets. Along his assignment, Kaji witnesses cruelties in the army and revolts against the abusive treatment against the recruit Obara. He also sees his friend Shinjô Ittôhei defecting to the Russian border, and he ends in the front to fight a lost battle against the Russian tanks division.

Wife of a Spy

2020

Japanese

6.6

♡ 10

89%

japanese occupation of china

movie version

pacific war

spy

the flow of the times

War

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Director

Takashi Sasano as Doctor Nozaki

Yuri Tsunematsu as Komako Yû Aoi

Yû Aoi as Satoko Fukuhara

Masahiro Higashide as Yasuharu Tsumori

It’s 1940, and the population of Japan is divided over its entry into World War II. Satoko, the wife of a fabric merchant, is devoted to her husband but is beginning to suspect he’s up to something. Soon she allows herself to be drawn into a game in which she enigmatically conceals her intentions.

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Wife of a Spy