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.
Toshirō Mifune | Admiral Heihachiro Togo |
Tatsuya Nakadai | Major Genjiro Akashi |
Yūzō Kayama | Cmdr. Hirose |
Chishū Ryū | General Maresuke Nogi |
Susumu Fujita | Uemura |
Mitsuko Kusabue | Mrs. Togo |
Ryūtarō Tatsumi | General Gonbei Yamamoto |
Matsumoto Hakuō I | The Emperor (as Kôshirô Matsumoto) |
Toshio Kurosawa | Pfc. Maeyama |
Yōko Tsukasa | |
Akira Kubo | Matsui |
Makoto Satō | Gunnery Chief of Security |