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August Without Emperor
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 as Akimasa Fujisaki
- Sayuri Yoshinaga as Kyoko Fujisaki
- Etsushi Takahashi as Yasuhisa Toshikura
- Kei Yamamoto as Hiroaki Ishimori
- Rentaro Mikuni as Tameichiro Emi
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Tadashi Tojo
- Kensaku Morita as Koichi Ariga
- Toshiyuki Nagashima as Sergeant Yajima
- Morio Kazama
- Shinichirō Mikami as Captain Komori
- Isao Hashimoto as Sergeant Shima
- Shigeru Kōyama as Shingo Shogaki
Details
- Director
- Satsuo Yamamoto
- Released
- September 23, 1978
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Studio
- Shochiku
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.2 / 10 from 4 votes
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