Mid-August Commotion (1962)
A suspense work based on the "Miyagi Incident," an attempted coup d'etat led by some officers working for the Ministry of the Defense and the General Staff of the Konoe Division on the eve of the end of the Pacific War.
Director:
Tsuneo Kobayashi
Writer:
Hajime Takaiwa
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Koji Tsuruta as Hiroshi Nakajima |
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Shinjirō Ehara as Ichiro Kawasaki |
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Sonny Chiba as Dr Omori |
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Shoji Nakayama as Nobuyuki Komiya, Chamberlain |
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Kaneko Iwasaki as Toshiko Nakajima |
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Mamoru Ogawa as Jiro Kawasaki |
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Kenji Imai as Tsutomu Mihara |
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Jun Usami as Prime-Minister |
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Isao Yamagata as Minister of War |
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Takashi Kanda as Army Minister |
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Ryuji Kita as Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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Ushio Akashi as Minist of the Interior |
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Ken Sudo as Chief Secretary of Cabinet |
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Michirō Minami as Deputy Chief of Military Command |
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Kosaku Okano as Secretary Kubo |
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Rinichi Yamamoto as Colonel Shirai |
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Fumitake Ōmura as Major Kojima |
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Tatsuya Kitayama as Major Kaga |
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Kōji Sekiyama as Major Ishiyama |
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Akira Katayama as Lt Colonel Kizaki |
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Akitake Kōno as Commander of Eastern Army Yamanaka |
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Kappei Matsumoto as Hayashi, Commander of Imperial Guard Division |
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Ureo Egawa as Senior Retainer Yamaki |
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Kenji Ushio as Military Police Special High Chief |
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Yoshi Katō as Director General of Information Bureau |
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Yayoi Furusato as Lady of the Court Yukiko Kiwakami |
| Directing | Tsuneo Kobayashi | Director |
| Writing | Hajime Takaiwa | Screenplay |
| Sound | Chūji Kinoshita | Original Music Composer |
