Battle of the Japan Sea (1969)
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.
Director: Seiji Maruyama
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Toshirō Mifune as Admiral Heihachiro Togo |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Major Genjiro Akashi |
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Yūzō Kayama as Cmdr. Hirose |
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Chishū Ryū as General Maresuke Nogi |
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Susumu Fujita as Uemura |
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Mitsuko Kusabue as Mrs. Togo |
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Ryūtarō Tatsumi as General Gonbei Yamamoto |
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Matsumoto Hakuō I as The Emperor Meiji |
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Toshio Kurosawa as Pfc. Maeyama |
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Yōko Tsukasa as |
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Akira Kubo as Matsui |
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Makoto Satō as Gunnery Chief of Security |
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Akihiko Hirata as Staff Officer Tsunoda |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya as Staff Officer Akiyama |
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Kenji Sahara as Sub-Chief |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as Ijichi |
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Hiroshi Koizumi as Kurino |
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Jun Tazaki as Shimaji Hashiguchi |
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Takeshi Katō as Chief of Staff Officer Kato |
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Atsushi Higashiyama as Sugino |
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Keiji Higashiyama as Dr. Fujimoto |
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Seiji Matsuyama as Matsu |
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Jun Funato as Staff Officer Yamaoka |
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Eijirō Yanagi as Hirofumi Ito |
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Masao Shimizu as Tozuka |
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Toru Yasube as Suchi |
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Gen Shimizu as Narikawa |
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Ryuji Kita as Kataoka |
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Kanta Mori as Chief of Staff Officer Ijichi |
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Toshiyuki Takahashi as Nagata |
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Shin Takioka as Kaoru Inoue |
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Takamaru Sasaki as Consultant Kuki |
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Yoshio Inaba as Chief of Staff Officer Shimamura |
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Ken Mitsuda as Ariaki Yamagata |
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Yutaka Sada as |
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Kazuo Suzuki as |
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Wataru Ōmae as |
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Chōtarō Tōgin as |
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Seishirō Kuno as |
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Yutaka Oka as |
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Noriko Honma as |
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Ted Gunther as Shuriakusu |
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Jacob Shapiro as Informant |
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Harold Conway as Captain John Campbell |
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Hans Horneff as Soldier |
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Osman Yusuf as Russian Officer |
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Peter Williams as Admiral Nebagotov |
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Andrew Hughes as Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky (General Commander of Baltic Fleet) |
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Itaru Ose as |
| Writing | Toshio Yasumi | Writer |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Production Director |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
| Crew | Hiroshi Murai | Cinematography |
| Art | Takeo Kita | Production Design |
| Directing | Seiji Maruyama | Director |
| Sound | Masaru Satō | Original Music Composer |