Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957)
1h 53m | PG-13
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.
Director: Kunio Watanabe
Studio: Shintoho Company
Genre: History, War, Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
Kanjūrō Arashi
as Emperor Meiji
Kusuo Abe
as Hirobumi Itō
Minoru Takada
as Aritomo Yamagata
Shin Takemura
as
Susumu Fujita
as Kaoru Inoue
Yōji Misaki
as Prime Minister Katsura