Great Battle of the Japan Sea
1969 · Movie · 128 min. · Japan
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.
Direction Seiji Maruyama
Cast Toshirô Mifune · Tatsuya Nakadai · Yûzô Kayama · Chishu Ryu · Susumu Fujita · Mitsuko Kusabue · Ryutaro Tatsumi · Koshiro Matsumoto · Toshio Kurosawa · Yôko Tsukasa · Akira Kubo · Makoto Satô · Akihiko Hirata · Yoshio Tsuchiya · Kenji Sahara
Soundtrack Masaru Satô
Screenplay Toshio Yasumi
Cinematography Hiroshi Murai
Original title Nihonkai daikaisen (Great Battle of the Japan Sea)
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