Overview
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, a brilliant tactician, is a loyal subject of the emperor, despite his grave misgivings about leading Japan's navy into war with the United States. He opposes the attack on Pearl Harbor, but, overruled, he leads his forces to the best of his ability.
Director and cast
- Ishirō Honda Director
- Denjirō Ōkōchi as Grand Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
- Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi as Commander Furukawa
- Masao Shimizu as Commander Kashima
- Eijirō Yanagi as Premier Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
- Minoru Takada as Prince Fumimaro Konoe
- Ichirō Sugai as Admiral Koshirô Oikawa
- Takashi Shimura as Colonel A, staff officer of the army
- Toshirō Mifune as 1st Lieutenant Tomonaga
- Takamaru Sasaki as Chief of Staff, Combined Fleet
- Rentaro Mikuni as Staff Officer (uncredited)
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