Synopsis
A re-imagination of Japanese Emperor Hirohito’s final days in power as WWII draws to a close.
Key facts
Cast
Issey Ogata, Robert Dawson, Kaori Momoi, Shiro Sano, Dmitriy Podnozov, Shinmei Tsuji, Taijirō Tamura, Georgi Pitskhelauri
Original language
Japanese
First release
February 17, 2005 (Russia)
Production companies
Nikola Film
Setting
Japan
Crew
Screenplay
Jeremy Noble, Yuriy Arabov
Producer
Alexander Rodnyansky, Andrei Zertsalov, Andrey Sigle, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Igor Kalenov, Marco Mueller, Viviana Queirolo-Bertoglio
Cinematography
Aleksandr Sokurov
Editing
Sergey Ivanov
Stills
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Festival History
- International Film Festival Rotterdam 2006 generic
- Berlin International Film Festival 2005 generic
- Toronto International Film Festival 2005 generic
- Village Voice Film Poll 2005 generic
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Russia | February 17, 2005 |
| Theatrical | United States | October 8, 2005 |
| Theatrical | France | March 1, 2006 |
| Theatrical | Japan | August 5, 2006 |
| Television | France | June 3, 2009 |
Full credits
| Director | Aleksandr Sokurov |
| Cast | Issey Ogata (Emperor Shouwa-Tennou Hirohito), Robert Dawson (General Douglas MacArthur), Kaori Momoi (Empress Kojun), Shiro Sano (The chamberlain), Dmitriy Podnozov, Shinmei Tsuji (Old servant), Taijirō Tamura (scientist), Georgi Pitskhelauri (midshipman), Hiroya Morita (Suzuki, Prime Minister), Toshiaki Nishizawa (Yonai, Minister of the Navy), Naomasa Musaka (Anami, Minister of the War), Kōjirō Kusanagi (Togo, Minister of Foreign Affairs), Tetsurō Tsuno (General Umezu), Jun Haichi (Abe, Minister of the Interior), Kojun Ito (Hironuma), Tōru Shinagawa (Sakomizu), Aleksandr Balsanov, Mikhail Terentyev (US army captain), Sergey Nozdrin, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Valeriy Li (victim of explosion), Laura Pitskhelauri, Aleksandr Aleksandrov, Valeriy Sklyarov, Pavel Kornakov, Vadim Badmacyrenov, Filipp Shkolnik |
| Screenplay | Jeremy Noble, Yuriy Arabov |
| Producer | Alexander Rodnyansky, Andrei Zertsalov, Andrey Sigle, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Igor Kalenov, Marco Mueller, Viviana Queirolo-Bertoglio |
| Executive producer | Evgeniy Grigorev |
| Cinematography | Aleksandr Sokurov |
| Editing | Sergey Ivanov |
| Production design | Elena Zhukova |
| Costumes | Lidiya Kryukova |
Additional data: TMDB.
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