Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that sends their son off to war. As such, it could be considered an anti-war movie, showing how, while war is devised by governments, the people do not really understand what war is, and its combatants often do not know what they are fighting for.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

History,

War,

Drama

Duration:

113 minutes

Year:

1957

Director:

Kunio Watanabe

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Company:

Shintoho Company

Cast:
Kanjūrō Arashi

Emperor Meiji

Kusuo Abe

Hirobumi Itō

Minoru Takada

Aritomo Yamagata

Shin Takemura

Susumu Fujita

Kaoru Inoue

Crew:
Kunio Watanabe

Director

Mitsugi Okura

Executive Producer

Haruyasu Kurosawa

Art Direction

Seiichi Suzuki

Original Music Composer

Kunio Watanabe

Screenplay