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Battle of the Japan Sea( 1969)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Toshirō Mifune

      Admiral Heihachiro Togo

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      Tatsuya Nakadai

      Major Genjiro Akashi

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      Yūzō Kayama

      Cmdr. Hirose

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      Chishū Ryū

      General Maresuke Nogi

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      Susumu Fujita

      Uemura

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      Mitsuko Kusabue

      Mrs. Togo

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      Ryūtarō Tatsumi

      General Gonbei Yamamoto

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      Matsumoto Hakuō I

      The Emperor Meiji

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      Toshio Kurosawa

      Pfc. Maeyama

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      Yōko Tsukasa

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      Akira Kubo

      Matsui

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      Makoto Satō

      Gunnery Chief of Security

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      Akihiko Hirata

      Staff Officer Tsunoda

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      Yoshio Tsuchiya

      Staff Officer Akiyama

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      Kenji Sahara

      Sub-Chief

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      Yoshifumi Tajima

      Ijichi

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      Hiroshi Koizumi

      Kurino

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      Jun Tazaki

      Shimaji Hashiguchi

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      Takeshi Katō

      Chief of Staff Officer Kato

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      Atsushi Higashiyama

      Sugino

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      Keiji Higashiyama

      Dr. Fujimoto

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      Seiji Matsuyama

      Matsu

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      Jun Funato

      Staff Officer Yamaoka

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      Eijirō Yanagi

      Hirofumi Ito

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      Masao Shimizu

      Tozuka

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      Toru Yasube

      Suchi

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      Gen Shimizu

      Narikawa

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      Ryuji Kita

      Kataoka

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      Kanta Mori

      Chief of Staff Officer Ijichi

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      Toshiyuki Takahashi

      Nagata

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      Shin Takioka

      Kaoru Inoue

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      Takamaru Sasaki

      Consultant Kuki

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      Yoshio Inaba

      Chief of Staff Officer Shimamura

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      Ken Mitsuda

      Ariaki Yamagata

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      Yutaka Sada

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      Kazuo Suzuki

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      Wataru Ōmae

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      Chōtarō Tōgin

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      Seishirō Kuno

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      Yutaka Oka

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      Noriko Honma

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      Ted Gunther

      Shuriakusu

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      Jacob Shapiro

      Informant

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      Harold Conway

      Captain John Campbell

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      Hans Horneff

      Soldier

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      Osman Yusuf

      Russian Officer

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      Peter Williams

      Admiral Nebagotov

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      Andrew Hughes

      Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky (General Commander of Baltic Fleet)

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      Itaru Ose

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    A review by watchman

    6.5
    Written by watchman on Mon Dec 23 2013
    Seiji Maruyama’s sanitized docu-drama, retelling the Japanese conduct of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, which culminated with Japan’s stunning naval victory in the Tsushima Strait. Tsushima’s significance is practically mythic, amounting to a national symbol. From a director who has shown reverence for military values, you might expect a painstakingly conscientious propaganda film. That’s what you get here, complete with diagrams and explanatory narration. The emphasis is about equal between historic personalities and epic battles, both depicted with detachment and restraint, both...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    973000.00

    Revenue

    960000.00

    Keywords

    • japan
    • manchuria
    • naval combat
    • russian history
    • imperial japan
    • 1900s
    • russo-japanese war
    • history of japan
    • port arthur