

August without Emperor
2 hours 20 minutes1978-09-23
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Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.
Cast

Tsunehiko Watase
Akimasa Fujisaki

Sayuri Yoshinaga
Kyoko Fujisaki

Etsushi Takahashi
Yasuhisa Toshikura

Kei Yamamoto
Hiroaki Ishimori

Rentaro Mikuni
Tameichiro Emi

Tsutomu Yamazaki
Tadashi Tojo

Kensaku Morita
Koichi Ariga

Toshiyuki Nagashima
Sergeant Yajima

Morio Kazama

Shinichirō Mikami
Captain Komori

Isao Hashimoto
Sergeant Shima

Shigeru Kōyama
Shingo Shogaki

Mizuho Suzuki
Army General Mano

Eiji Okada
Assistant General Tokunaga

Hideji Ōtaki
Noguchi

Kiyoshi Atsumi
Kubo

Osamu Takizawa
Prime Minister Sabashi

Shin Saburi
Gozo Ohata

Kiwako Taichi
Saeko Nakagami

Tetsuro Tamba
Army General Mikami

Akira Kume
Trade Minister Kawasaki

Taketoshi Naitō
Labor Minister Hamao

Torahiko Hamada
Finance Minister Sone

Kappei Matsumoto
Education Minister Wako

Tomo'o Nagai
Defense Minister Yamamura

Eitarō Ozawa
Infrastructure Minister Osanai

Kuniyasu Atsumi
Cabinet Secretary Kurosu

Yuriko Kono
Chiaki Ishimori

Zenpei Saga

Junichi Hayakawa

Jun Hamamura
Secretary

Ken Hatano

Nobuo Tsukamoto
Kume

Dennis Farrell

Takashi Kanda

Kinji Omino

Tatsuo Ito

Kiyoto Harada

Nobuyuki Katsube

Tsutomu Isobe

Yasuo Kanechika

Katsumi Itô

Sōnosuke Oda

Toshiyuki Watanabe

Ryûsuke Kita

Jun Kashima

Takuya Shiba

Hideaki Komori

Keiji Tsuchida

Taku Kido

Kôei Yamamoto

Akihiko Hanyû

Tadayuki Okamoto

Hidetoshi Hasegawa

Seiji Shinohara

Shuichi Oki

Nobuo Takagi

Kazuhiro Takasugi

Kayoko Minowa

Matsuko Shiga

Yutaka Nakajima
Noriko

Jun Izumi
Yumi

Tamiko Futamura

Mari Okamoto

Yoshiko Okada
Kaneda

Ai Mori
