Handlung
Der Film basiert auf der Chronologie jenes Tages, der mit der Anerkennung des Potsdamer Abkommens durch die japanische Regierung zu einer Radioansprache des Kaisers an das Volk führte.
Regie
Besetzung
Seiji Miyaguchi
Foreign Minister Shigenori Togo
Hu Pu Liu Hong
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shunichi Matsumato
Ryū Chishū
Prime Minister Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Sô Yamamura
Navy Minister Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai
Toshirō Mifune
War Minister General Korechika Anami
Yoshio Kosugi
Minister of Public Welfare Keisuke Okade
Zhi Cun Qiao
Information Bureau Director Hiroshi Shimomura
Gao Qiao Yue Shi
Lt. Colonel Masutaka Ida
Takao Inoue
Lt. Colonel Masahiko Takeshita
Zhong Wan Zhong Xiong
Lt. Colonel Jiro Shiizaki
Hei Ze Nian Xiong
Major Kenji Hatanaka - Military Affairs Section
Ji Ding Si Huang
General Yoshijiro Umezu - Chief of the Army General Staff
Haruo Yamada
Admiral Soemu Toyoda - Chief of the Navy General Staff
Xiang Chuan Liang Jie
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Tadaatsu Ishiguro
Ming Shi Chao
President of the Privy Council Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Yu Chuan Yi Zuo Nan
Colonel Okitsugu Arao - Chief of Military Affairs Section
Er Ben Liu Kuan
Admiral Takijiro Onishi - Vice-Chief of the Naval General Staff
Wu Nei Heng
Naval Surgeon Kobayashi
Takeshi Katō
Cabinet Chief Secretary Hisatsune Sakomizu
Chuan Bian Jiu Zao
Michio Kihara - Assistant to Sakomizu
Jiang Yuan Da Yi
Nobumasa Kawamoto - Private Secretary to Shimomura
Kazuko Iida
General
Shiro Kida
General
Shiyuki Tanaka
General
Shan Tian Gui Jie
Journalist
San Jing Hong Ci
Old Journalist
Tu Wu Jia Nan
Lt. Colonel Hiroshi Fuha - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Dao Tian Zheng Wu
Lt. General Takeshi Mori - CO 1st Imperial Guards Division
Sen Ye Wu Lang
Hachiro Ohashi - NHK Chairman
Di Kang Jiu
Insurgent Commander
Gao Tian Ren
Vice Admiral Zenshiro Hoshina - Dir. of the Naval Affairs Bureau
Jia Dong Da Jie
Kenjiro Yabe - NHK Domestic Bureau Director
Shi Tian Mao Shu
Daitaro Arakawa - NHK Technical Bureau Director
Tian Qi Run
Captain Yasuna Kozono - CO 302nd Air Group
Ping Tian Zhao Yan
Commander Sugahara - 302nd Air Group
Jie Zuo Qian Fu
Atsugi Air Base Crew Chief
Zhong Cun Shen Lang
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Marquis Koichi Kido
Long Gang Jin
Imperial Household Minister Sotaro Ishiwata (as Susumu Tatsuoka)
Bei Long Er
General Shigeru Hasunuma - Chief Military Aide to the Emperor
Akiji Nomura
Major Nakamura
Teng Mu You
Colonel Seike - Military Aide to the Emperor
Bei Cun He Fu
Tomoo Sato - Cabinet General Affairs Section Chief
Cun Shang Dong Shu
Minister of Justice Hiromasa Matsuzaka
Bei Ze Biao
Minister of Finance Hosaku Hirose
Jin Fu Jiang Xiong
Marshal Shunroku Hata
Tian Ben Ying Shi
Captain Takeo Sasaki
Shen Shan Fan
Susumu Kato - Imperial Household General Affairs Section
Bang Cun Chun
Motohike Kakei - Imperial Household General Affairs Chief
Kaku Oze
Lt. General Tadakazu Wakamatsu - Vice-Minister for War
Makoto Satō
Major Hidemasa Koga - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Jiu Bao Ming
Major Sadakichi Ishihara - 1st Imperial Guards Division
Cao Chuan Zhi Ye
Shunichi Nagatomo - NHK Engineer
Masao Akitsuki
Kamikaze
Seiichirō Nomura
Kamikaze
Hiroo Kirino
Kamikaze
Huang Mu Bao Fu
Decapitated Man
Shi Shan Jian Er Lang
General Shizuichi Tanaka - C-in-C Eastern District Army
Keikichi Taki
Colonel Tsukamoto - Tanaka's Adjutant
Teng Tian Jin
Colonel Toyojiro Haga - CO Imperial Guards 2nd Infantry Regiment
Hiroshi Tanaka
Major Kobayashi
Zuo Tian Li
Keisaku Sano
Shang Tian Zhong Hao
Komonta Sano
Sheng Bu Yan Zhi
Lt. Colonel Michinori Shiraishi - General Mori's Brother-in-Law
Yi Teng Xiong Zhi Zhu
Major General Toshio Nonaka - CO 27th Air Brigade
Zhang Gu Chuan Hong
Guard Supporting the Insurgency
Qing Ye Ping Yi
Grand Chamberlain Hisanori Fujita
Er Yu Qing
Chamberlain Yasuhide Toda
Bang Tian Yin Yan
Chamberlain Yasuya Mitsui
Dai Zheng
Chamberlain Sukemasa Irie
Xiao Lin Gui Shu
Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa
Zhong Gu Yi Lang
First Lieutnenant Kuroda
Tadasaburo Wakayama
Colonel Kazuo Mizutani - Chief of Staff to General Mori
Shan Ben Lian
Corporal
Zhong Shan Li
Corporal
Sen Gan Tai
Maj. General Tatsuhiko Takashima - Chief of Staff E. Dist. Army
Toru Ibuki
Lt. Colonel Toru Itagaki - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Jiu Ye Zheng Si Lang
Battalion Commander
Xiao Chuan An San
Policeman
Tian Dao Yi Wen
Colonel Watanabe - CO Imperial Guards 1st Infantry Regiment
Jia Shan Xiong San
Morio Tateno - NHK Broadcaster
Xin Zhu San Qian Dai
Yuriko Hara
Gong Bu Zhao Fu
Colonel Katsuhiko Inadome - Eastern District Army Staff Officer
Ginzô Sekiguchi
Chamberlain Okabe
Guan Tian Yu
Staff Kamino
Jing Chuan Bi Zuo Zhi
Kempeitai Lieutenant
Xiao Quan Bo
Nobukata Wada - NHK Broadcaster
Song Ben Bai Ying
Emperor Hirohito
Tatsuya Nakadai
Narrator (voice)