The Militarists (1970)
The second film in Toho's series on the military history of the Showa era, Hiromichi Horikawa's war drama offers a look at the career of controversial politician Hideki Tojo and the strained relationships between Japan's government, military, and the media.
Director:
Hiromichi Horikawa
Writer:
Ryōzō Kasahara
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Keiju Kobayashi as Premier Hideki Tojo |
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Toshirō Mifune as Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto |
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So Yamamura as Mitsumasa Yonai |
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Yūzō Kayama as Goro Arai |
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Matagoro Nakamura III as The Emperor |
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Tatsuya Mihashi as Takijiro Onishi |
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Seiji Miyaguchi as Shinegori Togo |
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Nobuo Nakamura as Koichi Kido |
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Masao Shimizu as Saburo Kurusu |
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Shigeru Kōyama as Fumimaro Konoe |
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Kenjirō Ishiyama as Hajime Sugiyama |
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Ryuji Kita as Koshiro Oikawa |
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Toshio Hosokawa as Shigetaro Shimada |
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Tatsuo Matsushita as Kotaro Watanabe |
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Keizo Sasagawa as Teijiro Toyoda |
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Susumu Fujita as Osami Nagano |
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Yasumi Hara as Etsuzo Kurihara |
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Tōru Abe as Chuichi Nagumo |
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Jun Funato as Kameto Kuroshima |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as Seiichi Ito |
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Nami Tamura as Kimie Arai |
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Yoko Minakaze as Katsuko Tojo |
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Ichirō Nakatani as Sano |
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Gorō Tarumi as Takei |
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Gorō Mutsumi as Officer Ishida |
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Kanta Mori as Koyama |
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Isao Tamagawa as Tsukamoto |
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Jūkei Fujioka as Nakata |
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Yoshirō Aoki as Tsuji |
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Toshio Kurosawa as Shimagaki |
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Ken Hatano as Nakagawa |
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Yoshio Tsuchiya as Okawa |
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Rinsaku Ogata as Fukuyama |
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Akihiko Hirata as Tomita |
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Kenji Sahara as Okamoto |
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Chōtarō Tōgin as Shoji |
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Tatsuyoshi Ehara as Mikuni |
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Akira Kubo as Takami |
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Yoshio Katsube as Akagi |
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Wataru Ōmae as Nagato |
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Jun'ichirō Mukai as Fleet Commander |
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Sachio Sakai as Kitamura |
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Takashi Shimura as Takeda |
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Gen Shimizu as Yoshizawa |
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Kazuo Kitamura as Yamanaka |
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Shigeo Nakahara as Tamada |
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Minori Terada as Fujii |
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Sumio Takatsu as Yokoyama |
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Shin Kishida as Takakura |
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Yutaka Sada as Goto |
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Hideyo Amamoto as Fuyuki |
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Takao Itō as Nakamura |
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Hiroshi Tanaka as Yuki |
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Hiroto Kimura as Tamiya |
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Shogen Nitta as Oka |
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Kazuo Suzuki as Petty Officer |
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Kōji Iwamoto as Messenger |
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Genki Koyama as Teiichi Suzuki |
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Yoshio Ochiai as Keisuke Okada |
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Ryuichi Fujiyama as Hirota Koki |
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Takamaru Sasaki as Reijiro Wakatsuki |
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Yasumasa Oka as Nobuyuki Abe |
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Seiichirō Nomura as Kiichiro Hiranuma |
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Ushio Akashi as Korekiyo Takahashi |
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Keiichirō Katsumoto as Minister (Konoe Cabinet) |
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Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi as Minister (Konoe Cabinet) |
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Someshō Matsumoto as Minister (Konoe-Tojo Cabinet) |
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Jotaro Togami as Minister (Konoe-Tojo Cabinet) |
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Zenji Yamada as Minister (Tojo Cabinet) |
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Kotaro Tomita as Tomimoto |
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Kunihiko Shiihara as Tabe |
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Youichi Miyagawa as Sugimura |
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Shōichi Hirose as Soldier |
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Haruya Katō as Reporter |
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Yōko Yano as Young mother |
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Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Narrator (voice) |
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Akira Katayama as Minister (uncredited) |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Production | Hiroshi Haryu | Producer |
| Directing | Masashi Matsumoto | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Kazuo Yamada | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Riichirō Manabe | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Iwao Akune | Production Design |
| Sound | Shin Watarai | Sound |
| Lighting | Chōshirō Ishii | Gaffer |
| Editing | Yoshitami Kuroiwa | Editor |
| Directing | Hiromichi Horikawa | Director |
| Writing | Ryōzō Kasahara | Screenplay |
