The Militarists
| The Militarists | |
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| Directed by | Hiromichi Horikawa |
| Screenplay by | Ryozo Kasahara[1] |
| Starring |
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| Narrated by | Kiyoshi Kobayashi |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Yamada [1] |
| Music by | Riichiro Manabe[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes[1] |
| Country | Japan |
The Militarists (激動の昭和史 軍閥, Gekido no Showa shi-Gunbatsu) is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Hiromichi Horikawa.[1][2][3]
Release
[edit]The Militarists had a roadshow release in Japan on 11 August 1970 where it was distributed by Toho.[1] It received general release 12 September 1970 in Japan.[4] The film was Toho's highest grossing release of the year and the second highest grossing Japanese film production in 1970.[1]
The film was released in the United States as Gunbatsu (The Militarists) with English subtitles by Toho International.[1] It was released 10 March 1971.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Keijyu Kobayashi as Hideki Tōjō
- Yūzō Kayama as Gorō Arai
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Takijirō Ōnishi
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Shigenori Tōgō
- Akira Kubo as Takami
- Ichirō Nakatani as Sano
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Okabe
- Gorō Mutsumi as Ishida
- Akihiko Hirata as Tomita
- Ryūji Kita as Koshirō Oikawa
- Sachio Sakai as Kitamura
- Kazuo Kitamura as Yamanaka
- Takashi Shimura as Takeda
- Jūkei Fujioka as Nakata
- Shin Kishida as Takakura
- Toshio Kurosawa as Shimagaki
- Masao Shimizu as Saburō Kurusu
- Susumu Fujita as Osami Nagano
- Sō Yamamura (special appearance) as Mitsumasa Yonai
- Toshirō Mifune as Isoroku Yamamoto
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Galbraith IV 2008, p. 269.
- ^ "激動の昭和史 軍閥". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "激動の昭和史 軍閥". Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
- ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 270.
Sources
[edit]- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
External links
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