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August without Emperor

Taking the Chilean coup as an example, a group of young officers plan to overthrow the Japanese government on V-J Day. They aim to abolish the post-war constitution, restore the national army and revive the traditional spirit of Japan. As the conspiracy is exposed, the coup squadrons are wiped out one by one. The remaining squadron takes over a night train bound for Tokyo.

1978 |2h 20m |  Drama, Thriller

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Tsunehiko Watase

Akimasa Fujisaki

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Sayuri Yoshinaga

Kyoko Fujisaki

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Etsushi Takahashi

Yasuhisa Toshikura

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Kei Yamamoto

Hiroaki Ishimori

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Rentaro Mikuni

Tameichiro Emi

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Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tadashi Tojo

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Kensaku Morita

Koichi Ariga

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Toshiyuki Nagashima

Sergeant Yajima

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Morio Kazama

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Shinichirō Mikami

Captain Komori

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Isao Hashimoto

Sergeant Shima

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Shigeru Kōyama

Shingo Shogaki

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Mizuho Suzuki

Army General Mano

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Eiji Okada

Assistant General Tokunaga

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Hideji Ōtaki

Noguchi

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Kiyoshi Atsumi

Kubo

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Osamu Takizawa

Prime Minister Sabashi

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Shin Saburi

Gozo Ohata

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Kiwako Taichi

Saeko Nakagami

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Tetsuro Tamba

Army General Mikami

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Taketoshi Naitō

Labor Minister Hamao

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Torahiko Hamada

Finance Minister Sone

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Tomo'o Nagai

Defense Minister Yamamura

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Eitarō Ozawa

Infrastructure Minister Osanai

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Zenpei Saga

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Jun Hamamura

Secretary

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Ken Hatano

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Nobuo Tsukamoto

Kume

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Takashi Kanda

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Nobuyuki Katsube

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Tsutomu Isobe

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Sōnosuke Oda

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Taku Kido

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Nobuo Takagi

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Yutaka Nakajima

Noriko

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Jun Izumi

Yumi

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Mari Okamoto

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Yoshiko Okada

Kaneda

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Status

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Language

Japanese

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