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.
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Koji Yakusho as General Korechika Anami
Masahiro Motoki as Emperor Showa
Tori Matsuzaka as Major Kenji Hatanaka
Shinichi Tsutsumi as Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Tsutomu Yamazaki as Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki
Kenichi Yajima as Naidaijin Kōichi Kido
Ikuji Nakamura as Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Tōji Yasui
Akaji Maro as Admiral Hisanori Fujita
Yuki Ikenobō as Empress Kōjun
Shû Nakajima as General Hideki Tojo
Yasumasa Oba as Lieutenant Colonel Masataka Ida
Misako Renbutsu as Kimiko
Erika Toda as Miss Yasuki
Kenichi Matsuyama as Takeo Sasaki
Yuko Miyamoto as Takeko Hoshina
Shota Totsuka as Captain Masayoshi Fujii
Kenzo Ryu as
Miou Tanaka as Kokatsu Arao
Rikiya Mifune as Koreaki Anami
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