Nihonkai daikaisen

original title:
Nihonkai daikaisen
other titles:
Battle of the Japan Sea
country / year of production:
Japan / 1969
original length:
128 min. , color
premiere:
1 August 1969
genre:
history film
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director:
Seiji Maruyama
film script:
Toshio Yasumi
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cast (role):
Toshirô Mifune , Tatsuya Nakadai , Yuzo Kayama
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plot synopsis:
This film takes place during the war between Japan and Russia in 1904. The story is told from the Japanese point of view and deals with Admiral Heihachiro Togo, who is sending out troops to attack the Russians and Major Genjiro Akashi, who makes secret negotiations with the enemy.
keywords:
sea-battle , secret service , collaboration , insubordination , behind enemy lines , informant
war:
Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)
literature:
David Wells (Ed.). The Russo-Japanese war in cultural perspective, 1904-1905. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1999.
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