The Militarists
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| name = The Militarists
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| director = Hiromichi Horikawa
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| screenplay = Ryozo Kasahara{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=269}}
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| starring = {{plainlist|*Keiju Kobayashi
- Yūzō Kayama
- Sō Yamamura
- Toshio Kurosawa
- Tatsuya Mihashi
- Toshiro Mifune}}
| narrator = Kiyoshi Kobayashi
| music = Riichiro Manabe{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=269}}
| cinematography = Kazuo Yamada {{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=269}}
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| studio = Toho{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=269}}
| distributor = Toho
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1970|8|11|Japan}}
| runtime = 133 minutes{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=269}}
| country = Japan
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{{nihongo|The Militarists|激動の昭和史 軍閥|Gekido no Showa shi-Gunbatsu}} is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Hiromichi Horikawa.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=269}}{{cite web|url=http://sp.kinenote.com/main/public/cinema/detail.aspx?cinema_id=19335&key_search=%E6%BF%80%E5%8B%95%E3%81%AE%E6%98%AD%E5%92%8C%E5%8F%B2%20%E8%BB%8D%E9%96%A5|title=激動の昭和史 軍閥|publisher=Kinema Junpo|access-date=27 December 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.japanese-cinema-db.jp/Details?id=11395|title=激動の昭和史 軍閥|publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs 映画情報システム|access-date=2 November 2019}}
Release
The Militarists had a roadshow release in Japan on 11 August 1970 where it was distributed by Toho.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=269}} It received general release 12 September 1970 in Japan.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=270}} The film was Toho's highest grossing release of the year and the second highest grossing Japanese film production in 1970.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=269}}
The film was released in the United States as Gunbatsu (The Militarists) with English subtitles by Toho International.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=269}} It was released 10 March 1971.{{sfn|Galbraith IV|2008|p=269}}
Cast
- Keiju Kobayashi as Hideki Tōjō
- Yūzō Kayama as Gorō Arai
- Tatsuya Mihashi as Takijirō Ōnishi
- Seiji Miyaguchi as Shigenori Tōgō
- Akira Kubo as Takami
- Ichirō Nakatani as Sano
- Yoshio Tsuchiya as Okabe
- Gorō Mutsumi as Ishida
- Akihiko Hirata as Tomita
- Ryūji Kita as Koshirō Oikawa
- Sachio Sakai as Kitamura
- Kazuo Kitamura as Yamanaka
- Takashi Shimura as Takeda
- Jūkei Fujioka as Nakata
- Shin Kishida as Takakura
- Toshio Kurosawa as Shimagaki
- Masao Shimizu as Saburō Kurusu
- Susumu Fujita as Osami Nagano
- Sō Yamamura (special appearance) as Mitsumasa Yonai
- Toshirō Mifune as Isoroku Yamamoto
See also
References
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- {{cite book |last=Galbraith IV |first=Stuart |title=The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography |year=2008 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-1461673743|authorlink=Stuart Galbraith IV}}
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External links
- {{imdb title|0065767}}
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Category:Films scored by Riichirō Manabe
Category:Cultural depictions of Hideki Tojo
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