Réalisation:
Kihachi OkamotoScénario:
Shinobu HashimotoPhotographie:
Hiroshi MuraiMusique:
Masaru SatōActeurs·trices:
Toshirō Mifune, Sō Yamamura, Chishû Ryû, Takashi Shimura, Susumu Fujita, Akira Kubo, Kiyoshi Kodama, Hisashi Igawa, Michiyo Aratama, Daisuke Katō (plus)Résumés(1)
On August 15th, 1945, the Japanese people faced utter destruction. Millions of soldiers and civilians were dead, the rest were starving, and their cities had been reduced to piles of rubble, two of them vaporized by atomic bombs. The government was deadlocked; some ministers called for surrender, and others argued that honor demanded a final battle on home soil. To break the impasse, the cabinet took the unprecedented step of asking the Emperor to decide the fate of the nation.
Unable to bear the suffering of his people any longer, and finally given the power to do something about it, the Emperor decreed that Japan would surrender.
Much work remained to be done: the Imperial Rescript had to be composed, the Emperor had to record it, and it had to be broadcast to the nation. And there were many soldiers and civilians who could not accept surrender, and would do anything, even commit treason, to avoid it.
In a single 24-hour period, the fate of 100 million people would be decided.
(texte officiel du distributeur)
Acteurs·trices
![Toshirō Mifune](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268053_2ff826.jpg)
Toshirō Mifune
Chine
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)
Rébellion (1967)
![Sō Yamamura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/950/157950077_1d32fc.jpg)
Sō Yamamura
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Crépuscule à Tokyo (1957)
続・忍びの者 (1963)
![Chishû Ryû](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271621_c51c65.jpg)
Chishû Ryû
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Crépuscule à Tokyo (1957)
Nikudan (1968)
![Takashi Shimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272248_eaa921.jpg)
Takashi Shimura
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
![Susumu Fujita](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271342_95544c.jpg)
Susumu Fujita
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Asu o tsukuru hitobito (1946)
Entre le ciel et l'enfer (1963)
Akira Kubo
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Zatóiči (1989)
Sanjuro (1962)
![Kiyoshi Kodama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/400/159400828_e8ab97.jpg)
Kiyoshi Kodama
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Chûshingura (1962)
Steamboy (2004)
Hisashi Igawa
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Harakiri (1962)
Après la pluie (1999)
![Michiyo Aratama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279590_52b65e.jpg)
Michiyo Aratama
Japon
Meilleurs films :
![Daisuke Katō](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886513_8bb3e1.jpg)
Daisuke Katō
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)
Le Garde du corps (1961)
Kōji Mitsui
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
La Femme des sables (1964)
Entre le ciel et l'enfer (1963)
![Seiji Miyaguchi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279848_3a706d.jpg)
Seiji Miyaguchi
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Été précoce (1951)
Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)
Yutaka Sada
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Entre le ciel et l'enfer (1963)
Barberousse (1965)
Kazuo Kitamura
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Taijó o nusunda otoko (1979)
Entre le ciel et l'enfer (1963)
Keiju Kobayashi
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Sukedačija sukeroku (2001)
Sanjuro (1962)
![Yûzô Kayama](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/410/160410775_874eb7.jpg)
Yûzô Kayama
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Barberousse (1965)
Sanjuro (1962)
かつべひろゆき
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Violent Cop (1989)
![Jun Hamamura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/430/161430946_aaacb0.jpg)
Jun Hamamura
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Zatoichi no uta ga kikoeru (1966)
Rébellion (1967)
Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Été précoce (1951)
La Condition de l'homme - Partie 3 : La prière du soldat (1961)
Etsushi Takahashi
Japon
Meilleurs films :
Nihon no ičiban nagai hi (1967)
Nikudan (1968)
La Légende de Zatoichi : Voyage à Shiobara (1972)