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As Japan joins in a political pact with Nazi Germany and fascist Italy, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is appointed supreme commander of the Japanese fleet. With Japan headed inexorably toward war, Yamamoto, despite his misgivings, believes the only possible victory lies in destroying the American fleet by surprise at Pearl Harbor. The attack succeeds, but fails to sink the American carrier fleet. Thus Yamamoto must lead the Japanese navy into war with ever-diminishing likelihood of success.
Toshirō Mifune
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto
Yūzō Kayama
First Lieutenant Ijuin
Yōko Tsukasa
Sumie Kimura
Toshio Kurosawa
1st Lt. Kimura
Makoto Satō
Genda
Daisuke Katō
Chief of Press Section
Masayuki Mori
Prime Minister Konoe
Wakako Sakai
Tomoko Yakuki
Matsumoto Hakuō II
Minister Yoneuchi
Kenjirō Ishiyama
Cmdr. Momotake
Susumu Fujita
Kurita
Yoshio Tsuchiya
Staff Officer Kuroshima
Akihiko Hirata
Staff Officer Watanabe
Kenji Sahara
First Officer of Information Section
Tatsuya Nakadai
Narrator (voice)
Haruo Nakajima
Staff of Flying Dragon / Staff of Rabaul
Masao Shimizu
Kurita
Eijirō Yanagi
Nagano
Seiji Miyaguchi
Ito
Fuyuki Murakami
Air Force Cmdr. Iwakuni
Ryūtarō Tatsumi
Boatman Kitaro
Yoshio Inaba
Chief of Staff Ugaki
Yū Fujiki
Staff Officer Fujii
Yoshibumi Tajima
(uncredited)
Tadashi Okabe
Tomioka
Ryuji Kita
Minister of the Navy Oikawa
Masao Imafuku
Minister of the Army Hata
Tōru Abe
Chief of Staff Soka
Hisaya Ito
(uncredited)
Naoya Kusakawa
(uncredited)
Rinsaku Ogata
Capt. Hayakawa
Akira Kubo
1st Lt. Takano
Ryo Tamura
Sub-Lt. Mikami
Tatsuyoshi Ehara
Sub-Lt. Morisaki
Hiroyuki Ôta
Ohmori
Tōru Ibuki
Nogami
Susumu Kurobe
(uncredited)
Ichirō Nakatani
(uncredited)
Yutaka Sada
(uncredited)