Masato Harada	...	(Director)
Kazutoshi Handô, Masato Harada	...	(Writer)
Kôji Yakusho	...	Korechika Anami, Army Minister
Masahiro Motoki	...	Emperor Showa
Tsutomu Yamazaki	...	Prime Minister Suzuki
Shin'ichi Tsutsumi	...	Sakomizu, chief secretary of cabinet
Tôri Matsuzaka	...	Hatanaka, army major
Kikuo Kaneuchi	...
Misuzu Kanno	...	Ayako Anan
Katsumi Kiba	...
Midoriko Kimura	...
Kazushige Komatsu	...
Akaji Maro	...
Ken'ichi Matsuyama	...	Takeo, Sasaki
Yûko Miyamoto	...
Shû Nakajima	...
Ikuji Nakamura	...
Harumi Fuki	...	Composer
Takahide Shibanushi	...	Cinematographer

Comments: Kôji Yakusho. Check.
If this film is at all accurate about the ending of WWII for the Japanese, all I can say is: why did they have so many children in positions of power?


Summary: On August 14th, 1945, at an Imperial conference, the Showa Emperor, Hirohito (Masahiro Motoki), finally decided to accept the Potsdam Declaration. However, some young firebrand Army officers insisted on continuing the war and conspired to launch a coup. Anami (Koji Yakusho), the Minister of War, was pressed to make an extremely difficult decision.