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Battle of the Japan Sea
Battle of the Japan Sea

Battle of the Japan Sea

Genres

WarHistoryDrama

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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.

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Budget

$973000

Revenue

$960000

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

128 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

01 August 1969

Country

Japan

Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Toshirō Mifune

Admiral Heihachiro Togo

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Major Genjiro Akashi

Yūzō Kayama

Yūzō Kayama

Cmdr. Hirose

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

General Maresuke Nogi

Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

Uemura

Mitsuko Kusabue

Mitsuko Kusabue

Mrs. Togo

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

Ryūtarō Tatsumi

General Gonbei Yamamoto

Matsumoto Hakuō I

Matsumoto Hakuō I

The Emperor Meiji

Toshio Kurosawa

Toshio Kurosawa

Pfc. Maeyama

Yōko Tsukasa

Yōko Tsukasa

Akira Kubo

Akira Kubo

Matsui

Makoto Satō

Makoto Satō

Gunnery Chief of Security

Akihiko Hirata

Akihiko Hirata

Staff Officer Tsunoda

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Yoshio Tsuchiya

Staff Officer Akiyama

Kenji Sahara

Kenji Sahara

Sub-Chief

Yoshibumi Tajima

Yoshibumi Tajima

Ijichi

Hiroshi Koizumi

Hiroshi Koizumi

Kurino

Jun Tazaki

Jun Tazaki

Shimaji Hashiguchi

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Chief of Staff Officer Kato

Atsushi Higashiyama

Atsushi Higashiyama

Sugino

Keiji Higashiyama

Keiji Higashiyama

Dr. Fujimoto

Seiji Matsuyama

Seiji Matsuyama

Matsu

Jun Funato

Jun Funato

Staff Officer Yamaoka

Eijirō Yanagi

Eijirō Yanagi

Hirofumi Ito

Masao Shimizu

Masao Shimizu

Tozuka

Toru Yasube

Toru Yasube

Suchi

Gen Shimizu

Gen Shimizu

Narikawa

Ryuji Kita

Ryuji Kita

Kataoka

Kanta Mori

Kanta Mori

Chief of Staff Officer Ijichi

Toshiyuki Takahashi

Toshiyuki Takahashi

Nagata

Shin Takioka

Shin Takioka

Kaoru Inoue

Takamaru Sasaki

Takamaru Sasaki

Consultant Kuki

Yoshio Inaba

Yoshio Inaba

Chief of Staff Officer Shimamura

Ken Mitsuda

Ken Mitsuda

Ariaki Yamagata

Yutaka Sada

Yutaka Sada

Kazuo Suzuki

Kazuo Suzuki

Wataru Ōmae

Wataru Ōmae

Chōtarō Tōgin

Chōtarō Tōgin

Seishirō Kuno

Seishirō Kuno

Yutaka Oka

Yutaka Oka

Noriko Honma

Noriko Honma

Ted Gunther

Ted Gunther

Shuriakusu

Jacob Shapiro

Jacob Shapiro

Informant

Harold Conway

Harold Conway

Captain John Campbell

Hans Horneff

Hans Horneff

Soldier

Osman Yusuf

Osman Yusuf

Russian Officer

Peter Williams

Peter Williams

Admiral Nebagotov

Andrew Hughes

Andrew Hughes

Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky (General Commander of Baltic Fleet)

Itaru Ose

Itaru Ose

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