Battle of the Japan Sea
As the Russo-Japanese War escalates, Admiral Togo leads Japan's desperate naval charge against the Russian fleet in the Battle of the Sea of Japan, while a rogue Japanese officer's secret dealings with Russian revolutionaries threaten to reshape the war's outcome.
Synopsis
Japan and Russia clash in what comes to be known as the Russo-Japanese War. An attempt by the Japanese fleet and army to take Port Arthur fails, and a Russian fleet bears down on the Sea of Japan. Admiral Heihachiro Togo sends his fleet to confront the Russians, with results which stun both nations. Meanwhile, Major Genjiro Akashi makes secret negotiations with the Bolshevik revolutionaries in Russia, negotiations that have repercussions far beyond the conflict at hand.
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Shot by Hiroshi MuraiScored by Masaru SatoDesigned by Takeo Kita
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1969 · Box office
📉 Underperformed — grossed 1.0× its budget
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17 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Toshiro Mifune
as Admiral Heihachiro Togo
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Major Genjiro Akashi
Yuzo Kayama
as Cmdr. Hirose
Chishu Ryu
as General Maresuke Nogi
Susumu Fujita
as Uemura
Mitsuko Kusabue
as Mrs. Togo
Ryutaro Tatsumi
as General Gonbei Yamamoto
Hakuo Matsumoto
as The Emperor
Toshio Kurosawa
as Pfc. Maeyama
Yoko Tsukasa
Jacob Shapiro
as as Informant
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