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August Without Emperor (1978)
Directed by Satsuo Yamamoto
Drama, Thriller · 2h 20m
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
Crew
- Director
- Satsuo Yamamoto
- Screenplay
- Masayuki Shibuya, Nobuo Yamada, Satsuo Yamamoto
- Director of Photography
- Noritaka Sakamoto
- Original Music Composer
- Masaru Satō
- Editor
- Yoshi Sugihara
Details
- Original title
- 皇帝のいない八月
- Release date
- 1978-09-23
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Shochiku