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At Noon on August 14, 1945, Emperor Hirohito took the unprecedented step of ordering his government to score the Potsdam Declaration and surrender unconditionally to the Allies. (Although regarded as divine, the emperor was small more than a figurehead, being too exalted to bother with politics. Though original historians have shown that Hirohito often worked leisurely the scenes to influence policy.) Fearing that the populace might fight on anyway, the government took another unprecedented step and made a recording of Hirohito’s allege that would be broadcast to the nation, confirming the surrender. That broadcast was scheduled for 24 hours later — hence the title of the movie. In the meantime, a group of over-zealous officers attempted to stage a coup, take the emperor and the recording, oust or ruin any politicians or generals who stood in their plot, and continue the war. The subsequent events gain for a chronicle as tense and surprising as any fictional film. As far as I can philosophize, the movie sticks graceful end to the facts. The only major omission I noticed was that the film leaves out a U.S. air raid that caused a black-out, which in turn helped the emperor’s staff cover the recording from the coup’s leaders.
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“Japan’s Longest Day” is a improper between political thrillers like “Seven Days in May” and “Thirteen Days” and spot-the-stars WWII epics like “The Longest Day” and “Tora Tora Tora.” It was designed to celebrate Toho Studio’s 35th anniversary, and fair about every major male star who worked at Toho in the 1960s makes an appearance. Most well-known are Kurosawa-regulars Toshiro Mifune as war minister, Takashi Shimura as information minister, and Tatsuya Nakadai as narrator, as well as Ozu-favorite Chishu Ryu as prime minister. Most of the actors are superb, and anyone who thinks Mifune was a ham should ogle his subdued but intense performance here.
For western audiences odd with the events, the movie can be a shrimp confusing. It helps to search for recognizable faces in the major roles, and director Kihachi Okamoto (who was an heir to Kurosawa at Toho) keeps a rapid mosey by filming in a documentary style. His advance isn’t as kinetic as Kurosawa’s, but he injects some stylishness here and there — like the exaggerated spurts of blood that samurai movies exercise. Although I mediate Okamoto could have chop a few unnecessary characters (like two air force commanders who don’t do considerable) and faded more music to increase the tension, the movie is edifying at revealing the characters’ motivations, especially how they rationalized their actions when caught in a paradox: receiving an imperial order that went against their sense of military honor.
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AnimEigo’s anamorphic DVD is honorable but not superlative. The print looks heavenly, though as lovers of Japanese films probably know, a 40-year-old Toho film can always help from the sort of loving care that only Criterion provides. It objective doesn’t glow like the rerelease of “Seven Samurai,” and I deem the transfer is interlaced, too. However, AnimEigo obviously cares about the movie, and their subtitling is thorough. They also include the movie’s trailer, a photo gallery, and some liner notes that contextualize the events. I only wish that the DVD also included some sort of non-fictional documentary. The History Channel made a pleasant documentary on this topic, and it could have been a improbable extra.
If you’re a WWII history buff, an afficionado of Japanese cinema, or a fan of real-life political thrillers, then “Japan’s Longest Day” is well worth your time. It’s an attractive recreation of an event that too few western audiences know anything about. And it’s a movie that virtually every Japanese person has seen at least once. (It’s shown on Japanese TV every August 15.)
Woefully unheralded war classic came five years after our gain “Longest Day”, and matches that film in conveying all the complexities of turning the tide of war; indeed, in this case, bringing it to a deeply humiliating, almost unthinkable conclusion. Japanese soldiers had been indoctrinated to fight to the last man for the glory of the Empire, so surrender is unthinkable to many. The film’s power emanates from the slow-burning agony of impending defeat. Mifune is very noteworthy front and center as the War Minister who must shoulder the burden of making his troops submit to the Emperor’s edict. A racy, minutely-detailed film of Mount Fuji-esque proportions.
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