Cast
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
War Minister General Korechika Anami
Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice)
Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato / Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumoto
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade / Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okada
Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida / Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida - Military Affairs Section
Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka
Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman
Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff / Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Naval General Staff
Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
Guard Supporting the Insurgency
Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose
Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Section Chief / Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group
Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War
Major General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff Eastern District Army / Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army
Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant
General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Director of the Naval Affairs Bureau / Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director
Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka) / Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata
Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki / Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki - Military Affairs Section
Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori
Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie
Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita / Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita - Military Affairs Section
Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor